crowdie
/ˈkɹaʊdi/noun
crowdie is spelled C-R-O-W-D-I-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crowdie means “Gruel or thin porridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crowdie is crowdies.
How many letters and syllables are in crowdie?
| Letters | 7: C-R-O-W-D-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 98 million words; the 317,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crowdie?
Crowdie appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crowdie?
- UK /ˈkɹaʊdi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-crowdie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crowdie
- crowdies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crowdie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
ScotlandGruel or thin porridge.
- 2
A Scottish form of cottage cheese.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crowdie come from?
Alteration of Early Scots crud (“curd”), cognate with Early Modern English and Middle English crud, crudde (14th c.), crodde, of unknown origin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).