Crack

/[kʁɛk]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,077

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Crack is aGermannoun. It means: Experte, Fachmann auf einem bestimmten Gebiet Pronounced [kʁɛk]. Often confused with Crash and crazy.

Key facts for Crack
PropertyValue
HeadwordCrack
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kʁɛk]
Letters5
Frequency rank#23,077
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Crack in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Crack is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kʁɛk]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,077 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Crack, with forms such as "carck", "ccrack", and "cracck". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Crash", "crazy", "creek", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Crack, spelled C-R-A-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Experte, Fachmann auf einem bestimmten Gebiet
  2. 2
    ein Softwareprogramm, um den Kopierschutz eines Spiels oder einer anderen Software zu umgehen
  3. 3
    das Hacken eines Computers, allerdings mit dem Ziel ihm Schaden zuzufügen
  4. 4
    ein Programm, mit dem Passwörter aus passwd-Dateien extrahiert werden können
  5. 5
    ein Verfahren, um die im Erdöl enthaltenen Paraffine zu spalten
  6. 6
    Spitzensportler, auch speziell Eishockeyspieler
  7. 7
    erfolgreiches Rennpferd

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: carck,ccrack,cracck,crackk,crakc,crcak,crrack,rcack

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Crack

Misspelling Variants of "Crack"

carck5ccrack6cracck6crackk6crakc5crcak5crrack6rcack5
Misspelling Variants of "Crack"

Frequency rank: #23,077 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Crack"?
"Crack" is spelled C-R-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [kʁɛk].
What does "Crack" mean?
As a noun, "Crack" means: Experte, Fachmann auf einem bestimmten Gebiet
What words are commonly confused with "Crack"?
"Crack" is commonly confused with "Crash", "crazy", "creek". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Crack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Crack" is [kʁɛk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Crack" come from?
"Crack" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.