crush

/\kʁœʃ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,169

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

crush is aFrenchnoun. It means: Attirance ; désir ; pulsion Pronounced \kʁœʃ\. Often confused with cruz and crut.

Key facts for crush
PropertyValue
Headwordcrush
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁœʃ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,169
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for crush is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁœʃ\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,169 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for crush, with forms such as "ccrush", "crrush", and "crsuh". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cruz", "crut", "Cyrus", 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 crush, spelled C-R-U-S-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attirance ; désir ; pulsion
  2. 2
    Personne que l’on désire, personne par laquelle on est attiré.
  3. 3
    Message ou signe de séduction ou avances amoureuses en format numérique.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrush,crrush,crsuh,cruhs,crushh,crussh,cursh,rcush

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crush

Misspelling Variants of "crush"

ccrush6crrush6crsuh5cruhs5crushh6crussh6cursh5rcush5
Misspelling Variants of "crush"

Frequency rank: #24,169 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crush"?
"crush" is spelled C-R-U-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁœʃ\.
What does "crush" mean?
As a noun, "crush" means: Attirance ; désir ; pulsion
What words are commonly confused with "crush"?
"crush" is commonly confused with "cruz", "crut", "Cyrus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crush"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crush" is \kʁœʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crush" come from?
"crush" 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.