cruiserweight
"cruiserweight" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cruiserweight” is uncommon English (frequency #52,873 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,873
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several weight classes in boxing or wrestling.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cruiserweight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #52,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cruiserweight” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cruiserweight is uncommon English at frequency #52,873 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cruiserweight in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cruiser + weight. The correct English form is cruiserweight, spelled C-R-U-I-S-E-R-W-E-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Any of several weight classes in boxing or wrestling.
- 2Any of several weight classes in boxing or wrestling.
- 3Any of several weight classes in boxing or wrestling.
- 4Any of several weight classes in boxing or wrestling.
Etymology
From cruiser + weight.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-U-I-S-E-R-W-E-I-G-H-T - 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.