crummy
/ˈkɹʌmi/
"crummy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crummy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,165
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bad; poor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crummy · crummy · English
crummy · rank #48,165 · 8 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,165
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crocheted
Nearest frequency peer: crocheted (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crummy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- countercult…
counterculture
51,840 corpus weight
- crandall
crandall
51,839 corpus weight
- criminalize
criminalize
51,838 corpus weight
- crocheted
crocheted
51,837 corpus weight
- crummy
crummy
51,836 corpus weight
- Dandenong
Dandenong
51,830 corpus weight
What this shows “crummy” 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 | crummy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkɹʌmi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crummy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around crummy (IPA /ˈkɹʌmi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,165 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crummy, with forms such as "ccrummy", "crmumy", and "crrummy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "crump", "crusty", "crumb", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of crumby, mid 19th c. The correct English form is crummy, spelled C-R-U-M-M-Y.
Definition
- 1Bad; poor.
- 2Full of crumb or crumbs.
- 3Soft, like the crumb of bread; not crusty.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crummy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do not bother buying crummy knives if you are serious about cooking.
Does it look like I care? No, seriously, stare real hard and long at the picture at the top of this column. That’s about as much reaction as you’re gonna get out of me as far as your crummy problems go.
Etymology
Variant of crumby, mid 19th c.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrummy
- crmumy
- crrummy
- crummyy
- crumy
- crumym
- curmmy
- rcummy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crummy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crummy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).