cruciferous
/kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/
"cruciferous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cruciferous” is uncommon English (frequency #99,139 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,139
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cruciferous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #99,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cruciferous” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cruciferous is uncommon English at frequency #99,139 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kɹuˈsɪfəɹəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cruciferous has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous. The correct English form is cruciferous, spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-E-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.
- 2Bearing a cross.
Etymology
From Late Latin crucifer (“cross-bearing”) + -ous. By surface analysis, crucifer + -ous.
This word in other languages
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 “cruciferous”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-U-C-I-F-E-R-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.