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“crews” and “motocross” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,466
“crews” frequency rank
#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
90372
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crews motocross
Definition Plural des Substantivs crew Motocross

Letter map: crews vs motocross

Shared letters muted; letters that set crews and motocross apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. crews runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against motocross's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
crews
9 ch
motocross

Corpus notes: crews and motocross

crews and motocross are indexed as a confusable German 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 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90372, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crews is recorded at frequency rank #40,466, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. motocross is at rank #49,906, tagged as anoun, 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 90372, this pair ranks #47,678 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of crews vs motocross

Shared letters: crs. Private to "crews": ew. Private to "motocross": mot.

"crews" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crews ← ccrews · cerws · cresw · crewss · crewws · crrews · crwes · rcews
  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "crews" for "motocross" ever safe?
No. They differ by 4 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "crews" vs "motocross" - which ranks higher?
"crews" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,466 in our German list, against #49,906 for "motocross". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "crews" and "motocross".

  • Full dictionary entry for "crews" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,678 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crews" and "motocross" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #47,678 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list