Which to use
“crachá” is a noun and “crack” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,521
- “crachá” frequency rank
- #11,042
- “crack” frequency rank
- 39563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crachá | crack |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | insígnia honorífica que se traz ao peito; condecoração | craquear |
Letter map: crachá vs crack
Shared letters muted; letters that set crachá and crack apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. crachá runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against crack's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for crachá / crack
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crachá is anoun and crackaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crachá is recorded at frequency rank #28,521, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɾa.ˈʃa/. crack is at rank #11,042, tagged as averb.
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 39563, this pair ranks #26,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crachá vs crack
Shared letters: acr. Private to "crachá": há. Private to "crack": k.
"crachá" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crack" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crack ← carck · ccrack · cracck · crackk · crakc · crcak · crrack · rcack
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crachá" for "crack" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crachá" vs "crack" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "crachá" vs "crack" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "crachá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crack" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crachá" and "crack" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colcha vs crachá". 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 #26,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.