crase

Name: crase, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“crase” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,385 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,385
frequency rank, Portuguese: 3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - na gramática grega, fusão ou contração de duas vogais, uma final e outra inicial, em palavras unidas pelo sentido, e que é indicada na escrita pela corônis

Key facts for crase
Property	Value
Headword	crase
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#65,385
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “crase” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). crase lands here:

#65,385

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crase is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,385 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for crase, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is crase, spelled C-R-A-S-E.

Definition

1
na gramática grega, fusão ou contração de duas vogais, uma final e outra inicial, em palavras unidas pelo sentido, e que é indicada na escrita pela corônis
2
fusão de duas vogais idênticas numa só, que ocorre, por exemplo, na evolução das línguas românicas (por exemplo: latim colore (cor) > português coor > cor)
3
contração da preposição a com o artigo a ou com pronome demonstrativo (à = a + a; àquele = a + aquele; àquela = a + aquela; àquilo = a + aquilo; àqueloutro = a + aqueloutro; àqueloutra = a + aqueloutra) e respectivos plurais
4
contração da preposição a com o artigo a ou com pronome demonstrativo (à = a + a; àquele = a + aquele; àquela = a + aquela; àquilo = a + aquilo; àqueloutro = a + aqueloutro; àqueloutra = a + aqueloutra) e respectivos plurais
5
o acento grave que marca na escrita a contração
6
traço característico da personalidade de uma pessoa; índole, temperamento
7
composição normal dos líquidos do corpo, especialmente a do sangue em função de sua capacidade de coagulação
8
contração de dois sons orais num só

Antonyms

diéreseditongação

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 "crase"?

"crase" is spelled C-R-A-S-E.

What does "crase" mean?

As a noun, "crase" means: na gramática grega, fusão ou contração de duas vogais, uma final e outra inicial, em palavras unidas pelo sentido, e que é indicada na escrita pela corônis

What language does "crase" come from?

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Using “crase”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-R-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.