krach
\kʁak\
The verdict
“krach” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,116. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,116
- frequency rank, French
- 737
- “K” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désastre boursier, chute soudaine de la bourse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-krach · krach · French
krach · rank #35,116 · 8 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,116
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 737
- PHOTO-FINISH Kigali
Nearest frequency peer: Kigali (-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 « krach »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Kenji
Kenji
64,888 corpus weight
- Kessler
Kessler
64,887 corpus weight
- Kigali
Kigali
64,886 corpus weight
- krach
krach
64,885 corpus weight
- laiterie
laiterie
64,883 corpus weight
- lans
lans
64,882 corpus weight
What this shows « krach » 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 | krach |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kʁak\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,116 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « krach »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around krach (IPA \kʁak\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,116 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for krach, with forms such as "karch", "kkrach", and "kracch". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Kraft", "Koch", "Karachi", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is krach, spelled K-R-A-C-H.
Definition
- 1Désastre boursier, chute soudaine de la bourse.
- 2Effondrement du cours boursier d’une société cotée.
- 3Ruine, faillite subite d’une entreprise financière, industrielle, cotée ou non.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how krach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle ne devint catastrophe que dans sa troisième phase, quand soudain, au milieu d'un ciel serein, la foudre du krach bancaire de New-York frappa l’édifice orgueilleux de la prospérité du capital américain.
Il y a en Amérique, comme en tout pays, un chômage endémique et même avant la crise, on comptait environ deux millions de chômeurs. Mais quand, avec la baisse des prix, le manque de confiance, le krach de Wall Street, les gens cessèrent d’acheter, ce chômage augmenta en progression géométrique.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- karch
- kkrach
- kracch
- krachh
- krahc
- krcah
- krrach
- rkach
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of krach - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "krach", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).