Which to use
“crachá” and “crash” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,521
- “crachá” frequency rank
- #23,618
- “crash” frequency rank
- 52139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crachá | crash |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | insígnia honorífica que se traz ao peito; condecoração | crache (queda brusca e violenta de valor nas principais ações da bolsa de valores, levando a quebradeira no setor bancário e no mercado em geral) |
Letter map: crachá vs crash
Shared letters muted; letters that set crachá and crash apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. crachá runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against crash's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: crachá and crash
crachá and crash are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52139, 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/. crash is at rank #23,618, tagged as anoun.
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 52139, this pair ranks #13,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crachá vs crash
Shared letters: achr. Private to "crachá": á. Private to "crash": s.
"crachá" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crash" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crash ← carsh · ccrash · crahs · crashh · crassh · crrash · crsah · rcash
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crachá" for "crash" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crachá" vs "crash" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "crachá" and "crash". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "crachá" 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 #13,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crachá" and "crash" 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 #13,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.