craze
/kɹeɪz/noun, verb
craze is spelled C-R-A-Z-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, craze means “A strong habitual desire or fancy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of craze is crazes.
How many letters and syllables are in craze?
| Letters | 5: C-R-A-Z-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th 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 craze?
Craze appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th 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 craze?
- /kɹeɪz/
Craze 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: En-us-craze.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of craze
- crazes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- crase
- craise
- craize
- crazing participle, present
- crazed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does craze mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong habitual desire or fancy.
- 2
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for some new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; a fad.
- 3
A crack in the glaze or enamel caused by exposure of the pottery to great or irregular heat.
- 4
archaicCraziness; insanity.
verb
- 1
archaicTo weaken; to impair; to render decrepit.
- 2
To derange the intellect of; to render insane.
- 3
To be crazed, or to act or appear as one that is crazed; to rave; to become insane.
- 4
archaicTo break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See crase.
- 5
To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Craze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | engouement |
| German | Fimmel |
| Portuguese | febre |
| Spanish | manía , enloquecer, volver loco, enajenar |
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 craze come from?
From Middle English crasen (“to crush, break, break to pieces, shatter, craze”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).