cyclocross
/ˈsaɪkləʊˌkɹɒs/
"cyclocross" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclocross” is uncommon English (frequency #78,504 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,504
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike wh...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cyclocross |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsaɪkləʊˌkɹɒs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #78,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cyclocross” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cyclocross is uncommon English at frequency #78,504 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsaɪkləʊˌkɹɒs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike wh...".
Zero misspellings are on record for cyclocross in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cycle + -o- + cross (country). The correct English form is cyclocross, spelled C-Y-C-L-O-C-R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion.
Etymology
From cycle + -o- + cross (country).
This word in other languages
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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Using “cyclocross”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-Y-C-L-O-C-R-O-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.