cruciform
/ˈkɹuːsɪfɔː(ɹ)m/
"cruciform" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cruciform” is uncommon English (frequency #76,681 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,681
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the shape of a cross.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cruciform · cruciform · English
cruciform · rank #76,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,681
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Cronus
Nearest frequency peer: Cronus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “cruciform”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- creepily
creepily
23,324 corpus weight
- croaking
croaking
23,323 corpus weight
- Cronus
Cronus
23,321 corpus weight
- cruciform
cruciform
23,320 corpus weight
- cruse
cruse
23,319 corpus weight
- crutcher
crutcher
23,318 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cruciform” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cruciform |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹuːsɪfɔː(ɹ)m/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cruciform” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cruciform is uncommon English at frequency #76,681 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkɹuːsɪfɔː(ɹ)m/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having the shape of a cross.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cruciform, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin crux (“cross”) + -iform. The correct English form is cruciform, spelled C-R-U-C-I-F-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1Having the shape of a cross.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cruciform appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: X-shaped (not always differentiable)
Etymology
From Latin crux (“cross”) + -iform.
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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