crass
/kɹæs/adjective
crass is spelled C-R-A-S-S: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, crass means “Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in crass?
| Letters | 5: C-R-A-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is crass?
Crass appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce crass?
- /kɹæs/
- /kɹɑːs/
Crass has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-crass.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crass
- crasser comparative
- crassest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crass mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.
- 2
Materialistic.
- 3
Physically dense or thick.
- 4
Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crass in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grossier, grossière, crasse |
| German | krass , dicht |
| Portuguese | crasso, grosseiro |
| Spanish | craso, grosero, bruto , materialista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crass come from?
From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).