crumpet
/ˈkɹʌmpɪt/noun
crumpet is spelled C-R-U-M-P-E-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crumpet means “A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crumpet is crumpets.
How many letters and syllables are in crumpet?
| Letters | 7: C-R-U-M-P-E-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crumpet?
Crumpet appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crumpet?
- /ˈkɹʌmpɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-crumpet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crumpet
- crumpets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crumpet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.
- 2
UKdatedslangA sexually attractive person or, collectively, people; usually referring to women.
Joan Bakewell was famously described as "the thinking man's crumpet".
- 3
AustraliaUKslangThe head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crumpet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense savoury cake:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crumpet |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crumpet come from?
First appears c. the 17th century, either from crompid cake (“wafer, literally, curled-up cake”), from crompid, form of crumpen (“to curl up”); cognate to crumpled. An alternate etymology is from Celtic; compare Breton krampouezh (“crepe, pancake”) and Welsh crempog (“pancake”). The sense of a “desirable woman” is attested since 1936, possibly as Cockney rhyming slang for strumpet; alternatively, compare tart (“a loose woman, a prostitute”) (itself possibly Cockney rhyming slang for heart or sweetheart).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).