# crunchy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/ · frequency rank #21,767

## Definitions
1. Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
2. Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious.
3. Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals.
4. Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression.

## Etymology
From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

## Easily confused with
- **crutch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crunchy-vs-crutch)
- **crunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crunch-vs-crunchy)
- **crunches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crunches-vs-crunchy)
- **crunched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crunched-vs-crunchy)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ccrunchy`, `crnuchy`, `crrunchy`, `crucnhy`, `cruncchy`, `crunchhy`, `crunchyy`, `cruncyh`, `crunhcy`, `crunnchy`, `curnchy`, `rcunchy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crunchy