Which to use
“crache” and “crash” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,347
- “crache” frequency rank
- #7,044
- “crash” frequency rank
- 19391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crache | crash |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rejet de métal en fusion par l'avant d'une tuyère. | Atterrissage très brutal d’un avion le train rentré. |
Same sound, different letters: crache vs crash
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - crache and crash
This is the hard kind. crache and crash are pronounced identically (\kʁaʃ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crache is recorded at frequency rank #12,347, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁaʃ\. crash is at rank #7,044, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁaʃ\.
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 19391, this pair ranks #373,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crache vs crash
Shared letters: achr. Private to "crache": e. Private to "crash": s.
"crache" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crash" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crache" for "crash" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crache" vs "crash" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"crache" and "crash" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "crache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crache" and "crash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coaches vs crache". 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 #373,508 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.