# crypt

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹɪpt/ · frequency rank #25,342

## Definitions
1. A cave or cavern.
2. An underground vault.
3. An underground vault.
4. A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.
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.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”). Doublet of grotto.

## Easily confused with
- **cyst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crypt-vs-cyst)
- **crypto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crypt-vs-crypto)
- **cryptic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crypt-vs-cryptic)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cry-vs-crypt)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crt-vs-crypt)
- **crap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crypt)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crop-vs-crypt)
- **capt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capt-vs-crypt)
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crit-vs-crypt)
- **craft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craft-vs-crypt)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crops-vs-crypt)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crust-vs-crypt)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crest-vs-crypt)
- **croft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/croft-vs-crypt)
- **crept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crypt)
- **craps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crypt)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crist-vs-crypt)
- **Croat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/croat-vs-crypt)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccrypt`, `crpyt`, `crrypt`, `cryppt`, `cryptt`, `crytp`, `cryypt`, `cyrpt`, `rcypt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crypt