Which to use
“crew” is a noun and “cry” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,171
- “crew” frequency rank
- #21,937
- “cry” frequency rank
- 28108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crew | cry |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Belegschaft | weinen, heulen |
Letter map: crew vs cry
Shared letters muted; letters that set crew and cry apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for crew / cry
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crew is anoun and cryaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crew is recorded at frequency rank #6,171, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. cry is at rank #21,937, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɹaɪ].
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 28108, this pair ranks #1,790,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crew vs cry
Shared letters: cr. Private to "crew": ew. Private to "cry": y.
"crew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "cry" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- crew ← ccrew · cerw · creww · crrew · crwe · rcew
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crew" for "cry" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crew" vs "cry" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "crew" and "cry". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "crew" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,790,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crew" and "cry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carr vs cry". 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 #1,790,406 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.