# crusher

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹʌʃə/ · frequency rank #25,025

## Definitions
1. Someone or something that crushes.
2. A machine designed to crush rocks.
3. A policeman.
4. Something overwhelming.

## Etymology
From crush + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for one who elicits a crush, + -er (patient suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **Crusoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusher-vs-crusoe)
- **crushes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusher-vs-crushes)
- **crusted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusher-vs-crusted)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crush-vs-crusher)
- **crashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crashed-vs-crusher)
- **crushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crushed-vs-crusher)
- **cluster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cluster-vs-crusher)
- **crashes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crashes-vs-crusher)
- **cruiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruiser-vs-crusher)
- **crusader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crusader-vs-crusher)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccrusher`, `crrusher`, `crsuher`, `cruhser`, `crusehr`, `crusherr`, `crushher`, `crushre`, `crussher`, `cursher`, `rcusher`

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