crunchie
/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/noun
crunchie is spelled C-R-U-N-C-H-I-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crunchie means “A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crunchie is crunchies.
How many letters and syllables are in crunchie?
| Letters | 8: C-R-U-N-C-H-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st 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 crunchie?
Crunchie appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 crunchie?
- /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-crunchie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crunchie
- crunchies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crunchie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form.
- 2
An infantry soldier, a grunt.
- 3
derogatoryoffensiveslangA white Afrikaner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crunchie come from?
From crunchy. Use to refer to infantrymen in Vietnam is from their "crunching" through the jungle brush. Use to refer to white Afrikaners is perhaps from their supposed tendency to eat crunchy food.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).