crash test
"crash-test" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crash test” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crash test |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “crash test” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
crash test is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crash test, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is crash test, spelled C-R-A-S-H- -T-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1A test of crashworthiness, usually involving the controlled crashing of a vehicle with dummies in place of human passengers.
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.
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Using “crash test”
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- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-S-H- -T-E-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.