gatecrash
/ˈɡeɪtkɹaʃ/
"gatecrash" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gatecrash” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gatecrash · gatecrash · English
gatecrash · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gatecrash |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡeɪtkɹaʃ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gatecrash” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gatecrash is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɡeɪtkɹaʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gatecrash, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gate + crash. The correct English form is gatecrash, spelled G-A-T-E-C-R-A-S-H.
Definition
- 1To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gatecrash appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“[…] I mean, she doesn’t belong to the Society—“ ”What Society?” ”The Society that was meeting. I think she pushed in for a joke.” ”Gate-crashed you? […]”
After Walsh was seen being escorted out as he attempted to gatecrash the interview, liberal viewers shared their outrage at Walsh's mocking of their convention.
Etymology
From gate + crash.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.