crasse

\kʁas\

/\kʁas\/ adj

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The verdict

“crasse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,106. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,106
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est épais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crasse · crasse · French

crasse · rank #20,106 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,106
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH craie

Nearest frequency peer: craie (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « crasse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

crasse vs crise
67% similar
crasse vs cross
67% similar
crasse vs criss
67% similar

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

Key facts for crasse
PropertyValue
Headwordcrasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,106
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crasse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crassese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « craie » (#20,105), « croisières » (#20,107), « couturier » (#20,104). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crasse » est au #20,106. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around crasse (IPA \kʁas\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,106 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for crasse, with forms such as "carsse", "ccrasse", and "crase". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "crise", "cross", "criss", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is crasse, spelled C-R-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est épais.
  2. 2
    Particulièrement évident.
  3. 3
    Grossier et inexcusable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Humeur crasse et visqueuse. Matière crasse.
  2. Le seul fait que la résiliation entraîne des conséquences pénibles pour le locataire n'est pas suffisant; il faut une disproportion crasse entre l'intérêt du preneur au maintien du contrat et l'intérêt du bailleur à y mettre fin

This word in other languages

crass(English)graso(Español)crasso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carsse
  • ccrasse
  • crase
  • crases
  • crrasse
  • crsase
  • rcasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crasse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

carsse2ccrasse1crase1crases2crrasse1crsase2rcasse2
Edit distance from "crasse"

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 "crasse"?
"crasse" is spelled C-R-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁas\.
What does "crasse" mean?
As an adjective, "crasse" means: Qui est épais.
What words are commonly confused with "crasse"?
"crasse" is commonly confused with "crise", "cross", "criss". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crasse" is \kʁas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crasse" come from?
"crasse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

côtoie#20,109dicter#20,113cogner#20,090ciblée#20,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

effect7 variantsHamel7 variantsHermann7 variantsJared7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list