crural
/ˈkɹʊəɹəl/adjective
crural is spelled C-R-U-R-A-L: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crural means “Pertaining to the leg” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crural?
| Letters | 6: C-R-U-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 78 million words; the 279,513th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is crural?
Crural appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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 crural?
- UK /ˈkɹʊəɹəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crural.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with crural?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crural from its last stressed vowel (/ʊəɹəl/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does crural mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the leg.
- 2
Leg-like in shape or constitution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crural in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to the leg:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crural |
| Spanish | crural |
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 crural come from?
From Latin crūrālis, from crūs (“leg”) (stem: crūr-). By surface analysis, crur- + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).