crumple
/ˈkɹʌmpəl/
"crumple" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crumple” is uncommon English (frequency #65,027 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,027
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crumple |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹʌmpəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crumple” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crumple is uncommon English at frequency #65,027 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹʌmpəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.".
Zero misspellings are on record for crumple in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le. The correct English form is crumple, spelled C-R-U-M-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
Etymology
From Middle English crumplen, cromplen, frequentative of Middle English crumpen (“to curl up, crump”), from Old English crump (“bent, crooked”). Equivalent to crump + -le.
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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Using “crumple”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-U-M-P-L-E - 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.