Which to use
“Krassen” is a name and “krasser” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,634
- “Krassen” frequency rank
- #15,677
- “krasser” frequency rank
- 33311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Krassen | krasser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiblicher Vorname | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs krass |
Letter map: Krassen vs krasser
Shared letters muted; letters that set Krassen and krasser apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Krassen and krasser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - Krassen and krasser
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Krassen is aname and krasseranadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “Krassen” becomes r in “krasser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Krassen is recorded at frequency rank #17,634, classified as aname, pronounced […]. krasser is at rank #15,677, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkʁasɐ].
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 33311, this pair ranks #1,688,720 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Krassen vs krasser
Shared letters: aekrs. Private to "Krassen": n. Private to "krasser": -.
"Krassen" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "krasser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Krassen" for "krasser" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Krassen" or "krasser"?
What to do next
Pair "Krassen" vs "krasser" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Krassen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "krasser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,688,720 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Krassen" and "krasser" 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 #1,688,720 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.