krassevsKrassenTell them apart

Quick tell: krasse is a adjective, Krassen is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“krasse” is an adjective and “Krassen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,748
“krasse” frequency rank
#17,634
“Krassen” frequency rank
30382
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature krasse Krassen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krass weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: krasse vs Krassen

Shared letters muted; letters that set krasse and Krassen apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. krasse runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against Krassen's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
krasse
7 ch
Krassen

Grammar separator: krasse vs Krassen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: krasse is anadjective and Krassenaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “krasse” sits inside “Krassen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

krasse is recorded at frequency rank #12,748, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁasə]. Krassen is at rank #17,634, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 30382, this pair ranks #1,749,023 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of krasse vs Krassen

Shared letters: aekrs. Private to "krasse": -. Private to "Krassen": n.

"krasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "Krassen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • krasse ← karsse · kkrasse · krase · krases · kraße · krrasse · krsase · rkasse
  • Krassen ← karssen · kkrassen · krasen · krasesn · krassenn · krassne · kraßen · krrassen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "krasse" for "Krassen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "krasse" is an adjective and "Krassen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "krasse" vs "Krassen" - which ranks higher?
"krasse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,748 in our German list, against #17,634 for "Krassen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "krasse" and "Krassen". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "krasse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Krassen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,749,023 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "krasse" and "Krassen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Krassen vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,749,023 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list