crewvsrollingWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: crew is a noun, rolling is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“crew” is a noun and “rolling” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,171
“crew” frequency rank
#16,532
“rolling” frequency rank
22703
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crew rolling
Definition Belegschaft Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs roll

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set crew and rolling apart are highlighted. They share 1 letter in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch
crew
7 ch
rolling

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crew is anoun and rollingaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crew is recorded at frequency rank #6,171, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. rolling is at rank #16,532, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 22703, this pair ranks #1,870,826 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of crew vs rolling

Shared letters: r. Private to "crew": cew. Private to "rolling": gilno.

"crew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "rolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crewccrew · cerw · creww · crrew · crwe · rcew
  • rollingorlling · rloling · rolilng · roling · rollign · rollingg · rollinng · rollnig

Frequency comparison

crew#6,171
rolling#16,532

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "crew" and "rolling" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "crew" is a noun and "rolling" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "crew" or "rolling"?
"crew" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,171 in our German list, against #16,532 for "rolling". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering crew vs rolling

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “crew”; for a verb, it's “rolling”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “crew” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list