Crash
[kʁɛʃ]
The verdict
“Crash” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,833
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zusammenstoß von Fahrzeugen
Corpus desk
Index DE-crash · Crash · German
Crash · rank #10,833 · 8 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,833
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Christiane
Nearest frequency peer: Christiane (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Crash“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- bringst
bringst
89,171 corpus weight
- Bug
Bug
89,170 corpus weight
- Christiane
Christiane
89,169 corpus weight
- Crash
Crash
89,168 corpus weight
- dauerhafte
dauerhafte
89,167 corpus weight
- Dessau
Dessau
89,165 corpus weight
What this shows „Crash“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Crash |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kʁɛʃ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Crash“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Crash (IPA [kʁɛʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,833 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Crash, with forms such as "carsh", "ccrash", and "crahs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cross", "crazy", "crush", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Crash, spelled C-R-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1Zusammenstoß von Fahrzeugen
- 2wirtschaftlicher, finanzieller Zusammenbruch
- 3Absturz des Computersystems oder eines Computerprogramms
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Crash appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Auto, das bei einem Crash demoliert wurde, brachte er in die Autowerkstatt.
„Die Börse in Tokio konnte sich nur einen Tag lang leicht von dem Crash nach dem Erdbeben erholen.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- carsh
- ccrash
- crahs
- crashh
- crassh
- crrash
- crsah
- rcash
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Crash - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Crash", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).