crashing

/ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/

//ˈkɹæʃɪŋ// verb

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"crashing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“crashing” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,027
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of crash

Corpus desk

Index EN-crashing · crashing · English

crashing · rank #9,027 · 13 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,027
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH confronted

Nearest frequency peer: confronted (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crashing”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “crashing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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).

crashing vs craving
75% similar
crashing vs crossing
75% similar
crashing vs crushing
88% similar

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

Key facts for crashing
PropertyValue
Headwordcrashing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,027
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crashing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).crashinglands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “confronted” (#9,026), “Crawford” (#9,028), “creep” (#9,029). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “crashing” is #9,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around crashing (IPA /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,027 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of crash".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for crashing, with forms such as "carshing", "ccrashing", and "crahsing". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "craving", "crossing", "crushing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is crashing, spelled C-R-A-S-H-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of crash

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carshing
  • ccrashing
  • crahsing
  • crashhing
  • crashign
  • crashingg
  • crashinng
  • crashnig
  • crasihng
  • crasshing
  • crrashing
  • crsahing
  • rcashing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crashing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

carshing2ccrashing1crahsing2crashhing1crashign2crashingg1crashinng1crashnig2
Edit distance from "crashing"

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 "crashing"?
"crashing" is spelled C-R-A-S-H-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/.
What does "crashing" mean?
As a verb, "crashing" means: present participle and gerund of crash
What words are commonly confused with "crashing"?
"crashing" is commonly confused with "craving", "crossing", "crushing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crashing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crashing" is /ˈkɹæʃɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crashing" come from?
"crashing" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Crawford#9,028daylight#9,030disclose#9,034genetics#9,047

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list