crupper
/ˈkɹʌpə/
"crupper" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crupper” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crupper · crupper · English
crupper · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crupper |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹʌpə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crupper” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crupper is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹʌpə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for crupper in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere. The correct English form is crupper, spelled C-R-U-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1A strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping.
- 2The buttocks or rump, especially of a horse.
- 3A piece of armour covering the hindquarters/buttocks of a horse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crupper appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our knight did bear no less a pack / Of his own buttocks on his back: / Which now had almost got the upper- / Hand of his head, for want of crupper.
he eſpied a mule's crupper, which hung to the ceiling of the room; this he took down, and tendering it to Don Quixote, went on, ſaying...
Etymology
From Middle English croper, crouper, from Anglo-Norman cruper, cropere, from Old French cropiere, crupiere, from the same Germanic root as croup. Doublet of croupiere.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.