crevasse

\kʁə.vas\

/\kʁə.vas\/ noun

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The verdict

“crevasse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,683. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,683
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fente qui se fait à une chose qui s’entrouvre ou qui se crève.

Corpus desk

Index FR-crevasse · crevasse · French

crevasse · rank #46,683 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,683
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH courroies

Nearest frequency peer: courroies (-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 « crevasse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « crevasse » 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).

crevasse vs crasse
75% similar

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

Key facts for crevasse
PropertyValue
Headwordcrevasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁə.vas\
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,683
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crevasse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).crevassese 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 « courroies » (#46,682), « cristallines » (#46,684), « courber » (#46,681). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « crevasse » est au #46,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around crevasse (IPA \kʁə.vas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,683 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crevasse, with forms such as "ccrevasse", "cervasse", and "creavsse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "crasse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is crevasse, spelled C-R-E-V-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fente qui se fait à une chose qui s’entrouvre ou qui se crève.
  2. 2
    Fente qui se fait sur la longueur d’une conduite en plomb, occasionnée souvent par la trop grande pression de l’eau.
  3. 3
    Lésion de la peau ou des muqueuses due notamment au froid (gerçures), à la sécheresse, à l'allaitement ou à des pathologies.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] il y a l’alpiniste qui, sans guide, s’élance à l’escalade d’un pic inaccessible, roide dans une crevasse et ne retrouve plus le chemin du retour, se perd dans les neiges et meurt de froid.
  2. Il y avait une crevasse à la muraille.

Synonyms

déchirureperlèchepourlèche

This word in other languages

crevasse(English)grieta(Español)Spalte(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccrevasse
  • cervasse
  • creavsse
  • crevase
  • crevases
  • crevsase
  • crevvasse
  • crrevasse
  • crveasse
  • rcevasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crevasse - 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.

ccrevasse1cervasse2creavsse2crevase1crevases2crevsase2crevvasse1crrevasse1
Edit distance from "crevasse"

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 "crevasse"?
"crevasse" is spelled C-R-E-V-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁə.vas\.
What does "crevasse" mean?
As a noun, "crevasse" means: Fente qui se fait à une chose qui s’entrouvre ou qui se crève.
What words are commonly confused with "crevasse"?
"crevasse" is commonly confused with "crasse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crevasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crevasse" is \kʁə.vas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crevasse" come from?
"crevasse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

corrélée#46,678diptyque#46,699compatir#46,664cocottes#46,660

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

courroies10 variantscuistot10 variantscourber10 variantscuratif10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list