krach

\kʁak\

/\kʁak\/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows « krach » 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).

krach vs Kraft
40% similar
krach vs Koch
40% similar
krach vs Karachi
57% similar

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

Key facts for krach
PropertyValue
Headwordkrach
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁak\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,116
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « krach »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).krachse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Kigali » (#35,115), « Kessler » (#35,114), « laiterie » (#35,118). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « krach » est au #35,116. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Désastre boursier, chute soudaine de la bourse.
  2. 2
    Effondrement du cours boursier d’une société cotée.
  3. 3
    Ruine, faillite subite d’une entreprise financière, industrielle, cotée ou non.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

karch2kkrach1kracch1krachh1krahc2krcah2krrach1rkach2
Edit distance from "krach"

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 "krach"?
"krach" is spelled K-R-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁak\.
What does "krach" mean?
As a noun, "krach" means: Désastre boursier, chute soudaine de la bourse.
What words are commonly confused with "krach"?
"krach" is commonly confused with "Kraft", "Koch", "Karachi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "krach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "krach" is \kʁak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "krach" come from?
"krach" 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 "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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list