crasher

noun

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

The verdict

“crasher” is uncommon English (frequency #82,197 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,197
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who crashes.

Corpus desk

Index EN-crasher · crasher · English

crasher · rank #82,197 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,197
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH crapper

Nearest frequency peer: crapper (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “crasher”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “crasher” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for crasher
PropertyValue
Headwordcrasher
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,197
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crasher” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).crasherfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “crapper” (#82,196), “crawlies” (#82,198), “creepypasta” (#82,199). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “crasher” is #82,197. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crasher is uncommon English at frequency #82,197 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crasher, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From crash + -er. The correct English form is crasher, spelled C-R-A-S-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who crashes.
  2. 2
    One who attends an event without an invitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Wedding Crashers (2005 movie)

Etymology

From crash + -er.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crasher"?
"crasher" is spelled C-R-A-S-H-E-R.
What does "crasher" mean?
As a noun, "crasher" means: One who crashes.
What is the origin of the word "crasher"?
From crash + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crapper#82,196cremate#82,200Dalzell#82,209dowsing#82,241

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list