crassus

/\kʁa.sys\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,246

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

crassus is aFrenchnoun. It means: Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée. Pronounced \kʁa.sys\. Often confused with crosses and casus.

Key facts for crassus
PropertyValue
Headwordcrassus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁa.sys\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,246
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crassus in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for crassus is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁa.sys\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,246 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for crassus, with forms such as "carssus", "ccrassus", and "crasssu". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "crosses", "casus", "casses", 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 French form is crassus, spelled C-R-A-S-S-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée.
  2. 2
    Tricheur, copieur. Par jeu de mots autour du triumvirat César, Pompée et Crassus, déformé humoristiquement par les élèves en César pompait Crassus.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: carssus,ccrassus,crasssu,crassuss,crasus,crasuss,crrassus,crsasus,rcassus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crassus

Misspelling Variants of "crassus"

carssus7ccrassus8crasssu7crassuss8crasus6crasuss7crrassus8crsasus7
Misspelling Variants of "crassus"

Frequency rank: #39,246 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crassus"?
"crassus" is spelled C-R-A-S-S-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁa.sys\.
What does "crassus" mean?
As a noun, "crassus" means: Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée.
What words are commonly confused with "crassus"?
"crassus" is commonly confused with "crosses", "casus", "casses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crassus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crassus" is \kʁa.sys\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crassus" come from?
"crassus" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.