crowded
/ˈkɹaʊdɪd/
"crowded" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crowded” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,329
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crowded · crowded · English
crowded · rank #7,329 · 11 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,329
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cord
Nearest frequency peer: cord (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crowded”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- compelling
compelling
92,677 corpus weight
- construct
construct
92,674 corpus weight
- cord
cord
92,673 corpus weight
- crowded
crowded
92,672 corpus weight
- dale
dale
92,670 corpus weight
- defendant
defendant
92,668 corpus weight
What this shows “crowded” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crowded |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹaʊdɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crowded”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around crowded (IPA /ˈkɹaʊdɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,329 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for crowded, with forms such as "ccrowded", "corwded", and "crodwed". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "crowds", "crowned", "Crowley", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is crowded, spelled C-R-O-W-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crowded appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The train is usually crowded and half the township of Forres seems to turn out to watch it go off.
Although it's always crowded You still can find some room For broken-hearted lovers To cry there in their gloom.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrowded
- corwded
- crodwed
- crowdde
- crowdded
- crowdedd
- crowedd
- crowwded
- crrowded
- crwoded
- rcowded
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crowded - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).