crunchy
/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/adjective, noun
crunchy is spelled C-R-U-N-C-H-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crunchy means “Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crunchy?
| Letters | 7: C-R-U-N-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crunchy?
Crunchy appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 crunchy?
- /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
Crunchy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-crunchy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crunchy
- crunchier comparative
- crunchiest superlative
- crunchies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crunchy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy.
- 2
slangHaving counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious.
San Francisco was a very crunchy town.
- 3
informalOf a chord, containing dissonant intervals.
- 4
informalOf an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression.
- 5
slangOf a game, having significant calculation (number-crunching), complex analysis, or strategic optimization for players to think about.
noun
- 1
A pellet of dry cat food.
- 2
slangAn infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crunchy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense likely to crunch:
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 crunchy come from?
From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).