crash

Name: crash, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\kʁaʃ\

/\kʁaʃ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“crash” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,044
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Atterrissage très brutal d’un avion le train rentré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crash · crash · French

crash · rank #7,044 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #7,044
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH couvent

Nearest frequency peer: couvent (-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.

copies

92,960
coque

92,959
couvent

92,958
crash

92,957
cristal

92,956
critère

92,955

What this shows « crash » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crash vs CRS

0% similar

crash vs Cris

40% similar

crash vs crus

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crash
Property	Value
Headword	crash
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\kʁaʃ\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#7,044
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crash »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.crashse place ici:

#7,044

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « couvent » (#7,043), « cristal » (#7,045), « coque » (#7,042). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crash » est au #7,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around crash (IPA \kʁaʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,044 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crash, with forms such as "carsh", "ccrash", and "crahs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRS", "Cris", "crus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crash, spelled C-R-A-S-H.

Definition

1
Atterrissage très brutal d’un avion le train rentré.
2
Accident d’un avion qui s’écrase au sol, écrasement d’avion.
3
Écrasement d’une voiture qui s’écrase avec un obstacle, lors d'un crash test.
4
Plantage, interruption anormale et inattendue d’un logiciel, simple application ou système d’exploitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Ainsi, ils n’auraient plus de raison de prendre ce vol et ne disparaîtraient pas dans ce crash aérien.
Lors du débogage en ligne, l’ingénieur exécute le logiciel pas à pas et effectue après chaque pas une série de vérifications. Lors du débogage post-mortem, l’ingénieur examine un logiciel à la suite d’un crash informatique.

This word in other languages

crash(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

carsh
ccrash
crahs
crashh
crassh
crrash
crsah
rcash

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crash - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "crash"

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 "crash"?

"crash" is spelled C-R-A-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁaʃ\.

What does "crash" mean?

As a noun, "crash" means: Atterrissage très brutal d’un avion le train rentré.

What words are commonly confused with "crash"?

"crash" is commonly confused with "CRS", "Cris", "crus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "crash"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crash" is \kʁaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "crash" come from?

"crash" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coque#7,042 encre#7,055 autel#7,030 foncé#7,058

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

copies8 variants devise8 variants Amiens8 variants moines8 variants