crowdsourced

adj

"crowdsourced" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crowdsourced” is uncommon English (frequency #62,809 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,809
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Obtained by crowdsourcing.

Key facts for crowdsourced
PropertyValue
Headwordcrowdsourced
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#62,809
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crowdsourced” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). crowdsourced lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crowdsourced is uncommon English at frequency #62,809 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obtained by crowdsourcing.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crowdsourced, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From crowd + sourced. The correct English form is crowdsourced, spelled C-R-O-W-D-S-O-U-R-C-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obtained by crowdsourcing.

Etymology

From crowd + sourced.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crowdsourced"?
"crowdsourced" is spelled C-R-O-W-D-S-O-U-R-C-E-D.
What does "crowdsourced" mean?
As an adjective, "crowdsourced" means: Obtained by crowdsourcing.
What is the origin of the word "crowdsourced"?
From crowd + sourced. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “crowdsourced”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-W-D-S-O-U-R-C-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list