crunch
\kʁœnʃ\
The verdict
“crunch” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,968
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Match de rugby opposant l’Angleterre à la France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-crunch · crunch · French
crunch · rank #34,968 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,968
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crossover
Nearest frequency peer: crossover (-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 « crunch »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- crasseux
crasseux
65,036 corpus weight
- criez
criez
65,035 corpus weight
- crossover
crossover
65,034 corpus weight
- crunch
crunch
65,033 corpus weight
- créons
créons
65,032 corpus weight
- cyniques
cyniques
65,031 corpus weight
What this shows « crunch » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crunch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁœnʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « crunch »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around crunch (IPA \kʁœnʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,968 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for crunch, with forms such as "ccrunch", "crnuch", and "crrunch". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "crush", "church", "cruche", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is crunch, spelled C-R-U-N-C-H.
Definition
- 1Match de rugby opposant l’Angleterre à la France.
- 2Relevé de dos en position couchée.
- 3Période de travail intense qui précède, en général, l’achèvement d’un projet.
- 4Texte décrivant des règles, de la mécanique de jeu, par opposition au fluff.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crunch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce crunch s'annonce particulièrement indécis, le seul espoir pour les Français est de marquer très rapidement pour faire douter les Anglais.
Dans la foulée, il file au Stade de France pour assister au « crunch », éternel duel de l’Ovalie entre l’Angleterre et la France.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrunch
- crnuch
- crrunch
- crucnh
- cruncch
- crunchh
- crunhc
- crunnch
- curnch
- rcunch
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crunch - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).