crumple
/ˈkɹʌmpəl/
"crumple" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crumple” is uncommon English (frequency #65,027 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,027
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A crease, wrinkle, or irregular fold.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crumple · crumple · English
crumple · rank #65,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,027
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cropland
Nearest frequency peer: cropland (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “crumple”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- crinkle
crinkle
34,977 corpus weight
- cropland
cropland
34,975 corpus weight
- crumple
crumple
34,974 corpus weight
- curvaceous
curvaceous
34,973 corpus weight
- cutlets
cutlets
34,972 corpus weight
- cwm
cwm
34,971 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crumple” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “crumple” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crumple is uncommon English at frequency #65,027 among 5,599 “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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