becraze

verb

"becraze" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“becraze” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make crazed or crazy

Corpus desk

Index EN-becraze · becraze · English

becraze · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for becraze
PropertyValue
Headwordbecraze
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “becraze” sits in English frequency

becrazesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

becraze is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To make crazed or crazy".

becraze doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From be- + craze. The correct English form is becraze, spelled B-E-C-R-A-Z-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    To make crazed or crazy

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Under the influence of those very spirits of devils, which peep and mutter, rap and tip tables, and becraze the weak; the same devils that impelled Gov. Seymour to veto the bill prohibiting the liquor traffic, in direct opposition to the wishes of his constituents; [...]
  2. Such horrid noises caused by the braying of the asses, lowing of oxen, screaming of women and children with the fiendish cursing and swearing shouted in all languages by furious madmen was enough to becraze the greatest stoic in all Christendom.

Etymology

From be- + craze.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "becraze"?
"becraze" is spelled B-E-C-R-A-Z-E.
What does "becraze" mean?
As a verb, "becraze" means: To make crazed or crazy
What is the origin of the word "becraze"?
From be- + craze. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list