cruise control
"cruise-control" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cruise control” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cruise control |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cruise control” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cruise control is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cruise control, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is cruise control, spelled C-R-U-I-S-E- -C-O-N-T-R-O-L.
Definition
- 1A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.
- 2A state of being where tasks are completed easily and routinely.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cruise control”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-R-U-I-S-E- -C-O-N-T-R-O-L - 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.