crack

verb

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The verdict

“crack” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,042. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,042
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - craquear

Corpus desk

Index PT-crack · crack · Portuguese

crack · rank #11,042 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,042
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH correria

Nearest frequency peer: correria (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “crack”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “crack” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

crack vs creek
60% similar
crack vs cravo
60% similar
crack vs crash
60% similar

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

Key facts for crack
PropertyValue
Headwordcrack
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,042
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “crack”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).crackcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “correria” (#11,040), “cordão” (#11,038), “dawn” (#11,046). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “crack” fica em #11,042. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around crack, averb. Corpus frequency is #11,042 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for crack, with forms such as "carck", "ccrack", and "cracck". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "creek", "cravo", "crash", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is crack, spelled C-R-A-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    craquear
  2. 2
    craquelar
  3. 3
    estalar
  4. 4
    falir
  5. 5
    rachar
  6. 6
    fazer, sair(-se) com

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Consumption and Culture in Sixteenth-century Ireland: Saffron, Stockings and Silk
  2. She cracks a joke that makes all laugh.

Synonyms

dropmake

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carck
  • ccrack
  • cracck
  • crackk
  • crakc
  • crcak
  • crrack
  • rcack

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crack - 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.

carck2ccrack1cracck1crackk1crakc2crcak2crrack1rcack2
Edit distance from "crack"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crack"?
"crack" is spelled C-R-A-C-K.
What does "crack" mean?
As a verb, "crack" means: craquear
What words are commonly confused with "crack"?
"crack" is commonly confused with "creek", "cravo", "crash". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "crack" come from?
"crack" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crack", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

garra#11,073jejum#11,095tocha#10,975surra#10,971

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

correria8 variantscordão8 variantsdelito8 variantsdevoção8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list