# Crash vs cross

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Crash
*noun · IPA [kʁɛʃ] · frequency rank #10,833*
Zusammenstoß von Fahrzeugen

### cross
*adverb · IPA [kʁɔs] · frequency rank #9,698*
diagonal in das gegnerische Feld

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/crash-vs-cross