KrassenvskrasserTell them apart

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

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.

7 ch
Krassen
7 ch
krasser

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

  • Krassen ← karssen · kkrassen · krasen · krasesn · krassenn · krassne · kraßen · krrassen
  • krasser ← karsser · kkrasser · kraser · krasesr · krasserr · krassre · kraßer · krrasser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Krassen" for "krasser" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Krassen" is a name and "krasser" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Krassen" or "krasser"?
"krasser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,677 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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list