crase
\kʁɑz\
The verdict
“crase” is uncommon French (frequency #51,990 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,990
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mélange de la voyelle ou diphtongue finale d’un mot avec la voyelle ou diphtongue initiale du mot suivant, lesquelles se confondent tellement qu’il en résulte souvent un autre son.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crase · crase · French
crase · rank #51,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,990
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH craquage
Nearest frequency peer: craquage (-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 « crase »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- couver
couver
48,013 corpus weight
- craquage
craquage
48,012 corpus weight
- crase
crase
48,011 corpus weight
- crasher
crasher
48,010 corpus weight
- cristalliser
cristalliser
48,009 corpus weight
- critiquable
critiquable
48,008 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « crase » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crase |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁɑz\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « crase » en français
Rare enough to double-check
crase is uncommon French at frequency #51,990 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɑz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for crase, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crase, spelled C-R-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Mélange de la voyelle ou diphtongue finale d’un mot avec la voyelle ou diphtongue initiale du mot suivant, lesquelles se confondent tellement qu’il en résulte souvent un autre son.
- 2Métataxe consistant en la contraction de la dernière voyelle (ou syllabe) d’un mot avec la première voyelle (ou syllabe) du mot suivant.
- 3Constitution, en parlant du sang et particulièrement sa capacité à coaguler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
τοὐμόν, ϰἀγώ, ϰᾆτα sont les crases de τὸ ἐμόν, ϰαὶ ἐγώ, καὶ εἶτα.
La crase est très employée dans la conversation courante populaire : /taːple/ « t’a app’lé » pour « tu as appelé », /taːaʁ.ta.ɡœl/ « t’ar ta gueule » pour « tu vas voir ta gueule ».
Synonyms
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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.
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