cyclocross
/ˈsaɪkləʊˌkɹɒs/
"cyclocross" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cyclocross” is uncommon English (frequency #78,504 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,504
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index EN-cyclocross · cyclocross · English
cyclocross · rank #78,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,504
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cyc
Nearest frequency peer: cyc (-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 “cyclocross”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Curaçao
Curaçao
21,500 corpus weight
- curtly
curtly
21,499 corpus weight
- cyc
cyc
21,498 corpus weight
- cyclocross
cyclocross
21,497 corpus weight
- Dacca
Dacca
21,495 corpus weight
- dalal
dalal
21,494 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cyclocross” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “cyclocross” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cyclocross is uncommon English at frequency #78,504 among 5,599 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cyclocross appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Roby was an old cyclocross champion from the ’40s, a rugged man built for traversing the bumps and ruts of off-road competition, but he had also ridden in the Tour for several years.
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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