crown
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "crown", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "crown" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "crown" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
crown is aEnglishnoun. It means: A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. Pronounced /kɹaʊn/. It ranks #2,665 in English word frequency. Often confused with crows and crowns.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crown |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɹaʊn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for crown is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɹaʊn/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,665 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 37 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for crown, with forms such as "ccrown", "corwn", and "cronw". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crows", "crowns", "crowned", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced native Old English corenbēag (“crown”); and Middle English … Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is crown, spelled C-R-O-W-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- 2A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- 3Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- 4Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- 5The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- 6The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- 7The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- 8The top part of something:
- 9The top part of something:
- 10The top part of something:
- 11The top part of something:
- 12The top part of something:
- 13The top part of something:
- 14The top part of something:
- 15The top part of something:
- 16The top part of something:
- 17The top part of something:
- 18The top part of something:
- 19A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- 20Splendor; culmination; acme.
- 21Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- 22A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- 23A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- 24The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- 25The part of a tooth above the gums.
- 26A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- 27A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- 28The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- 29The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- 30A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- 31A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- 32A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- 33A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- 34The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- 35A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- 36A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- 37The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
Etymology
From Middle English coroune, from Anglo-Norman corone, from Latin corōna (“crown, wreath”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē). Doublet of corona, korona, koruna, krona, króna, and krone. Displaced native Old English corenbēag (“crown”); and Middle English kinehelm, kynehelm, from Old English cynehelm (“crown”). * (paper size): So called because originally watermarked with a crown.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrown,corwn,cronw,crownn,crowwn,crrown,crwon,rcown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crown
Misspelling Variants of "crown"
Frequency rank: #2,665 in English
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