# crazy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɹeɪ.zi/ · frequency rank #898

## Definitions
1. Of unsound mind; insane; demented.
2. Out of control.
3. Very excited or enthusiastic.
4. In love; experiencing romantic feelings.
5. Very unexpected; wildly surprising.
6. Flawed or damaged; unsound, liable to break apart; ramshackle.
7. Sickly, frail; diseased.

## Etymology
From craze (“to crush”) + -y, akin to being "crazed up". Compare cracked up (“suffered a mental breakdown; be insane”), crackpot.
Compare typologically Russian чо́кнутый (čóknutyj).

## Easily confused with
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crazy-vs-cry)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crazy-vs-cruz)
- **crony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crazy-vs-crony)
- **creamy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crazy-vs-creamy)
- **cay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cay-vs-crazy)
- **crap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crazy)
- **clay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clay-vs-crazy)
- **crab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crab-vs-crazy)
- **cozy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cozy-vs-crazy)
- **Cary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cary-vs-crazy)
- **cram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cram-vs-crazy)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cray-vs-crazy)
- **Chaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chaz-vs-crazy)
- **crag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crag-vs-crazy)
- **crash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crash-vs-crazy)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crack-vs-crazy)
- **craft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craft-vs-crazy)
- **Craig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craig-vs-crazy)
- **crane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crane-vs-crazy)
- **crawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crawl-vs-crazy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`carzy`, `ccrazy`, `crayz`, `crazyy`, `crazzy`, `crrazy`, `crzay`, `rcazy`

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