crus
noun
crus is spelled C-R-U-S: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crus means “The shin (tibia and fibula)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crus is crura.
How many letters and syllables are in crus?
| Letters | 4: C-R-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 73,203rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 crus?
Crus appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 73,203rd 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).
What rhymes with crus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as crus.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: scur.
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).
Forms of crus
- crura plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The shin (tibia and fibula)
- 2
A leglike part; shank
- 3
plural of cru
noun
- 1
plural of CRU
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does crus come from?
Borrowed from Latin crūs.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).