cracha

\kʁa.ʃa\

/\kʁa.ʃa\/ verb

The verdict

“cracha” is uncommon French (frequency #86,583 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,583
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de cracher.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cracha · cracha · French

cracha · rank #86,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,583
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH covering

Nearest frequency peer: covering (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cracha »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cracha » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cracha
PropertyValue
Headwordcracha
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁa.ʃa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#86,583
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cracha » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).crachatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « covering » (#86,582), « craquait » (#86,584), « coupleur » (#86,581). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cracha » est au #86,583. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cracha is uncommon French at frequency #86,583 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kʁa.ʃa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de cracher.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cracha, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cracha, spelled C-R-A-C-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de cracher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cracha appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il cracha une injure, s’élança et réempoigna la jeune femme qui, cette fois, se débattit en vain.
  2. Disaster Duwault jeta alors un regard noir en direction d’un groupe de femmes qui fumaient sur le pas de leur cahute, à l’orée d’un bosquet de pins maritimes. Des chapelets de pièces d’argent ornaient leurs fronts et des turbans colorés retenaient leur chevelure sombre. Il cracha sur le sol.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cracha"?
"cracha" is spelled C-R-A-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁa.ʃa\.
What does "cracha" mean?
As a verb, "cracha" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de cracher.
How do you pronounce "cracha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cracha" is \kʁa.ʃa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cracha" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cracha", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list