Which to use
“crew” is a noun and “spiels” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,171
- “crew” frequency rank
- #5,427
- “spiels” frequency rank
- 11598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crew | spiels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Belegschaft | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spiel |
Letter map: crew vs spiels
Shared letters muted; letters that set crew and spiels apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. crew runs 4 letters (CCVC) against spiels's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - crew and spiels
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crew is anoun and spielsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crew is recorded at frequency rank #6,171, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spiels is at rank #5,427, 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 11598, this pair ranks #1,968,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crew vs spiels
Shared letters: e. Private to "crew": crw. Private to "spiels": ilps.
"crew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "spiels" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crew" and "spiels" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "crew" vs "spiels" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "crew" and "spiels". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "crew" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "spiels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,968,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crew" and "spiels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crew vs puzzles". 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 #1,968,986 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.