CRS
"crs" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“CRS” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #32,751) as a phrase. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #32,751
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of can't remember shit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-crs · CRS · English
CRS · rank #32,751 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,751
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH craves
Nearest frequency peer: craves (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “CRS”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- cramping
cramping
67,253 corpus weight
- craved
craved
67,252 corpus weight
- craves
craves
67,251 corpus weight
- CRS
CRS
67,250 corpus weight
- crutch
crutch
67,249 corpus weight
- cursive
cursive
67,247 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “CRS” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CRS |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #32,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “CRS”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for CRS is neighbouring look-alikes ("CT", "cs", …), not just typos; it is aphrase. Frequency #32,751 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Gloss: "Initialism of can't remember shit.".
No misspelling variants are generated for CRS in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CT", "cs", "CV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is CRS, spelled C-R-S.
Definition
- 1Initialism of can't remember shit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how CRS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I dunno. To use those Windows keys successfully, you have to memorize stuff and as most everyone knows, I CRS <G>
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 "CRS"?
What does "CRS" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "CRS"?
What language does "CRS" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "CRS", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).