crack

/[ˈkɾak]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,792

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

crack is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona, especialmente deportista, que alcanza fama y notoriedad en su carrera. Pronounced [ˈkɾak]. It ranks #9,792 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with crece and Craig.

Key facts for crack
PropertyValue
Headwordcrack
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɾak]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,792
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crack in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crack is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɾak]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,792 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for crack, with forms such as "carck", "ccrack", and "cracck". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "crece", "Craig", "crecí", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is crack, spelled C-R-A-C-K, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona, especialmente deportista, que alcanza fama y notoriedad en su carrera.
  2. 2
    Pasta elaborada de la cocción de la cocaína, que se consume fumada como droga recreativa.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: carck,ccrack,cracck,crackk,crakc,crcak,crrack,rcack

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crack

Misspelling Variants of "crack"

carck5ccrack6cracck6crackk6crakc5crcak5crrack6rcack5
Misspelling Variants of "crack"

Frequency rank: #9,792 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crack"?
"crack" is spelled C-R-A-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾak].
What does "crack" mean?
As a noun, "crack" means: Persona, especialmente deportista, que alcanza fama y notoriedad en su carrera.
What words are commonly confused with "crack"?
"crack" is commonly confused with "crece", "Craig", "crecí". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crack"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crack" is [ˈkɾak]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crack" come from?
"crack" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.