like crazy
"like-crazy" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“like crazy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-like-crazy · like crazy · English
like crazy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | like crazy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “like crazy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
like crazy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for like crazy, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is like crazy, spelled L-I-K-E- -C-R-A-Z-Y.
Definition
- 1To a great or excessive degree; with great speed, output, enthusiasm, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how like crazy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She stayed late, working like crazy to get the project done before the deadline.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.