crush

[krʌʃ]

/[krʌʃ]/ noun

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The verdict

“crush” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #43,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,092
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewühl, Gedränge

Corpus desk

Index DE-crush · crush · German

crush · rank #43,092 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,092
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cousinen

Nearest frequency peer: Cousinen (-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 „crush“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „crush“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crush vs Cyrus
40% similar
crush vs cash
60% similar
crush vs CPUs
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crush
PropertyValue
Headwordcrush
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[krʌʃ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#43,092
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „crush“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).crushliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Cousinen“ (#43,091), „cons“ (#43,090), „Darmkrebs“ (#43,094). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „crush“ bei #43,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around crush (IPA [krʌʃ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,092 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gewühl, Gedränge".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crush, with forms such as "ccrush", "crrush", and "crsuh". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Cyrus", "cash", "CPUs", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is crush, spelled C-R-U-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gewühl, Gedränge

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how crush appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The crush in the train station is at its worst during the afternoon rush hour.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrush
  • crrush
  • crsuh
  • cruhs
  • crushh
  • crussh
  • cursh
  • rcush

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crush - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccrush1crrush1crsuh2cruhs2crushh1crussh1cursh2rcush2
Edit distance from "crush"

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 "crush"?
"crush" is spelled C-R-U-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is [krʌʃ].
What does "crush" mean?
As a noun, "crush" means: Gewühl, Gedränge
What words are commonly confused with "crush"?
"crush" is commonly confused with "Cyrus", "cash", "CPUs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crush"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crush" is [krʌʃ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crush" come from?
"crush" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

euere#43,159Arier#43,011Zöpfe#42,975Wonne#42,959

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Bräute8 variantsbeulen8 variantsAussaat8 variantsArafat8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list