crutcher
"crutcher" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crutcher” is uncommon English (frequency #76,683 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,683
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vessel in which the ingredients of soap are stirred with a crutch (form of prop).
Corpus desk
Index EN-crutcher · crutcher · English
crutcher · rank #76,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,683
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cruse
Nearest frequency peer: cruse (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “crutcher”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cronus
Cronus
23,321 corpus weight
- cruciform
cruciform
23,320 corpus weight
- cruse
cruse
23,319 corpus weight
- crutcher
crutcher
23,318 corpus weight
- Cuthbertson
Cuthbertson
23,316 corpus weight
- Dahomey
Dahomey
23,314 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “crutcher” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crutcher |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “crutcher” in English
Rare enough to double-check
crutcher is uncommon English at frequency #76,683 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for crutcher in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From crutch + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). The correct English form is crutcher, spelled C-R-U-T-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1A vessel in which the ingredients of soap are stirred with a crutch (form of prop).
- 2One who shears the hindquarters of a sheep.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crutcher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The conveyance of soap to the crutchers from the kettle may be by pump or by gravity. In the latter case, which is simpler and involves less trouble, the top level of the crutchers should be below that of the nigre.
Summing up the advantages of the "Tally-Hi" crutching method, Senator Bull said: It makes crutching safer for the crutcher and the sheep. It reduces, as far as is practical, the effort and physical exertion required by the crutcher, bearing in mind the requirements of the owner.
Etymology
From crutch + -er (relational noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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