crowdsource
"crowdsource" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crowdsource” is uncommon English (frequency #88,242 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,242
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crowdsource · crowdsource · English
crowdsource · rank #88,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,242
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Croesus
Nearest frequency peer: Croesus (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “crowdsource”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- creepiness
creepiness
11,764 corpus weight
- crematory
crematory
11,763 corpus weight
- Croesus
Croesus
11,761 corpus weight
- crowdsource
crowdsource
11,759 corpus weight
- cumshots
cumshots
11,757 corpus weight
- Cupids
Cupids
11,756 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crowdsource” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crowdsource |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crowdsource” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crowdsource is uncommon English at frequency #88,242 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.".
crowdsource has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing. The correct English form is crowdsource, spelled C-R-O-W-D-S-O-U-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crowdsource appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And I sometimes “crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his finger out of the dike).
Etymology
From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing.
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).