# crass

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kɹæs/ · frequency rank #30,381

## Definitions
1. Coarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.
2. Materialistic.
3. Physically dense or thick.
4. Lacking finesse; crude and obvious.

## Etymology
From Middle English cras, craas, from Old French cras, from Latin crassus (“dense, thick, gross, fat, heavy”). Doublet of grease.

## Easily confused with
- **CSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-css)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crs)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-cray)
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-cuss)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-cris)
- **crazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crazy)
- **cross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-cross)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crush)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crops)
- **cries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-cries)
- **crews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crews)
- **crawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crawl)
- **crisp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crisp)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crust)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crest)
- **crate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crate)
- **crave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crave)
- **crows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-crows)
- **craze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-craze)
- **cribs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crass-vs-cribs)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ccrass`, `crrass`, `crsas`, `rcass`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/crass