crustaceous
/kɹʌsˈteɪʃəs/
"crustaceous" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crustaceous” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Resembling a crustacean.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crustaceous · crustaceous · English
crustaceous · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | crustaceous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɹʌsˈteɪʃəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crustaceous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crustaceous is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kɹʌsˈteɪʃəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
crustaceous doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is crustaceous, spelled C-R-U-S-T-A-C-E-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Resembling a crustacean.
- 2Hard, thin and brittle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crustaceous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the crustaceous or ostreaceous body
a crustaceous lichen
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.