crown
/kɹaʊn/
"crown" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crown” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,665 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,665
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
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 | 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) |
Where “crown” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for crown is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crown, with forms such as "ccrown", "corwn", and "cronw". 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 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 … The correct English form is crown, spelled C-R-O-W-N.
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.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccrown,corwn,cronw,crownn,crowwn,crrown,crwon,rcown
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crown - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “crown”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-O-W-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɹaʊn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “crows” - see the side-by-side comparison. crown vs crows
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.