crunch

[kɹʌnt͡ʃ]

/[kɹʌnt͡ʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“crunch” is uncommon German (frequency #51,213 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,213
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Knappheit, Krisenlage

Corpus desk

Index DE-crunch · crunch · German

crunch · rank #51,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,213
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cruiser

Nearest frequency peer: Cruiser (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „crunch“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „crunch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crunch
PropertyValue
Headwordcrunch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɹʌnt͡ʃ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,213
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „crunch“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).crunchfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Cruiser“ (#51,212), „CTs“ (#51,214), „cove“ (#51,211). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „crunch“ bei #51,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crunch is uncommon German at frequency #51,213 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɹʌnt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Knappheit, Krisenlage".

Zero misspellings are on record for crunch in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is crunch, spelled C-R-U-N-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Knappheit, Krisenlage

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crunch"?
"crunch" is spelled C-R-U-N-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [kɹʌnt͡ʃ].
What does "crunch" mean?
As a noun, "crunch" means: Knappheit, Krisenlage
How do you pronounce "crunch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crunch" is [kɹʌnt͡ʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crunch", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dehnte#51,225Bummel#51,188diffus#51,241brings#51,180

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list