# crude

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kɹuːd/ · frequency rank #7,115

## Definitions
1. In a natural, untreated state.
2. Characterized by simplicity, especially something not carefully or expertly made.
3. Lacking concealing elements.
4. Lacking tact or taste.
5. Not adjusted or further analyzed.
6. Immature or unripe.
7. Uncooked, raw.
8. Pertaining to the uninflected stem of a word.

## Etymology
From Middle English crude, borrowed from Latin crūdus (“raw, bloody, uncooked, undigested, crude”). Doublet of crudo, from Italian. Cognate with Old English hrēaw (“raw, uncooked”) via Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“raw blood”); more at raw.

## Easily confused with
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cue)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cute)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cure)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cruz)
- **cube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cube)
- **crux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crux)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crush)
- **cruel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cruel)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crust)
- **crumb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crumb)
- **crump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crump)
- **cruise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-cruise)
- **Crusoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crusoe)
- **crusade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crusade)
- **crudely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crude-vs-crudely)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cru-vs-crude)
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/code-vs-crude)
- **clue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clue-vs-crude)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cree-vs-crude)
- **cred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cred-vs-crude)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccrude`, `crdue`, `crrude`, `crudde`, `crued`, `curde`, `rcude`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crude