crowvsHeinzWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#36,863
“crow” frequency rank
#1,888
“Heinz” frequency rank
38751
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crow Heinz
Definition Vogel; Krähe Holzgerüst zum Trocknen des Heus

Letter map: crow vs Heinz

Shared letters muted; letters that set crow and Heinz apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

4 ch
crow
5 ch
Heinz

Corpus notes: crow and Heinz

crow and Heinz 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crow is recorded at frequency rank #36,863, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Heinz is at rank #1,888, 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 38751, this pair ranks #1,555,583 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of crow vs Heinz

Shared letters: none. Private to "crow": corw. Private to "Heinz": ehinz.

"crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "Heinz" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crowccrow · corw · croww · crrow · crwo · rcow
  • Heinzehinz · heinnz · heinzz · heizn · heniz · hheinz · hienz

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "crow" and "Heinz" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "crow" or "Heinz"?
"Heinz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,888 in our German list, against #36,863 for "crow". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "crow" vs "Heinz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crow" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Heinz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,555,583 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crow" and "Heinz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crow 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 #1,555,583 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