crypt
/kɹɪpt/noun
crypt is spelled C-R-Y-P-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crypt means “An underground vault” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crypt is crypts.
How many letters and syllables are in crypt?
| Letters | 5: C-R-Y-P-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,367th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crypt?
Crypt appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,367th 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 crypt?
- /kɹɪpt/
Crypt has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crypt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crypt
- crypts plural
- crypto-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crypt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicA cave or cavern.
- 2
An underground vault.
- 3
Especially: one beneath a church that is used as a burial chamber.
Near-synonyms: vault, tomb, sepulchre, sepulcher
- 4
A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
Near-synonyms: fovea, fossa
- 5
Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.
- 6
Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crypt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense underground vault:
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 crypt come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).