Which to use
“crac” is an onomatopoeia and “krach” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,255
- “crac” frequency rank
- #35,116
- “krach” frequency rank
- 77371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crac | krach |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exprime le bruit que font certains corps, durs, secs et solides, soit en se frottant violemment, soit en éclatant. | Désastre boursier, chute soudaine de la bourse. |
Same sound, different letters: crac vs krach
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. crac runs 4 letters (CCVC) against krach's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - crac / krach
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: crac and krach carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁak\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anonomatopoeia, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crac is recorded at frequency rank #42,255, classified as anonomatopoeia, pronounced \kʁak\. krach is at rank #35,116, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁak\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 77371, this pair ranks #28,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crac vs krach
Shared letters: acr. Private to "crac": -. Private to "krach": hk.
"crac" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "krach" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crac" and "krach" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "crac" or "krach"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "crac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "krach" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,557 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crac" and "krach" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crac vs croco". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #28,557 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.