crudely
/ˈkɹuːdli/
"crudely" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crudely” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,640. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,640
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a crude manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crudely · crudely · English
crudely · rank #40,640 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,640
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crowbar
Nearest frequency peer: crowbar (-2 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crudely”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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creamed
59,366 corpus weight
- creeped
creeped
59,365 corpus weight
- crowbar
crowbar
59,363 corpus weight
- crudely
crudely
59,361 corpus weight
- cytoplasmic
cytoplasmic
59,359 corpus weight
- Deakin
Deakin
59,356 corpus weight
What this shows “crudely” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | crudely |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈkɹuːdli/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #40,640 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crudely”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around crudely (IPA /ˈkɹuːdli/), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #40,640 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In a crude manner.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for crudely, with forms such as "ccrudely", "crduely", and "crrudely". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cruel", "cuddly", "cruelty", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crude + -ly. The correct English form is crudely, spelled C-R-U-D-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a crude manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crudely appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her features had been crudely handsome, too, like Millie's, but booze had splodged their outlines.
Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Etymology
From crude + -ly.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrudely
- crduely
- crrudely
- cruddely
- crudelly
- crudelyy
- crudeyl
- crudley
- cruedly
- curdely
- rcudely
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crudely - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).