crowning achievement

noun

"crowning-achievement" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crowning achievement” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The most important or glorious achievement.

Corpus desk

Index EN-crowning-achievement · crowning achievement · English

crowning achievement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 20 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for crowning achievement
PropertyValue
Headwordcrowning achievement
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crowning achievement” in English

crowning achievementsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crowning achievement is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The most important or glorious achievement.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crowning achievement, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is crowning achievement, spelled C-R-O-W-N-I-N-G- -A-C-H-I-E-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    The most important or glorious achievement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how crowning achievement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Arago produced the electro-magnet, Seebeck the thermo-pile and in 1831, as the crowning achievement of all, Faraday announced that he had obtained electricity from a magnet, thus discovering the principle of that wonderful engine - the dynamo, and inaugurating a new era both in scientific research and practical application.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crowning achievement"?
"crowning achievement" is spelled C-R-O-W-N-I-N-G- -A-C-H-I-E-V-E-M-E-N-T.
What does "crowning achievement" mean?
As a noun, "crowning achievement" means: The most important or glorious achievement.
What language does "crowning achievement" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list