# cruise vs crush

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### cruise
*verb · IPA [ˈkʁuːzə] · frequency rank #20,558*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs cruisen

### crush
*noun · IPA [krʌʃ] · frequency rank #43,092*
Gewühl, Gedränge

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/cruise-vs-crush