crew

Name: crew, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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/[…]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“crew” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,171
frequency rank, German: 1,273
“C” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Belegschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-crew · crew · German

crew · rank #6,171 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,171
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 1,273
PHOTO-FINISH Chinesen

Nearest frequency peer: Chinesen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Buches

93,833
Chinesen

93,831
crew

93,830
Diebstahl

93,829
Dietrich

93,828
Einheimisch…

93,827

What this shows Bars show where “crew” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

crew vs cry

50% similar

crew vs CRM

0% similar

crew vs crow

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for crew
Property	Value
Headword	crew
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#6,171
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “crew” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.crewliegt hier:

#6,171

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „Chinesen“ (#6,170), „Diebstahl“ (#6,172), „Dietrich“ (#6,173). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around crew (IPA […]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,171 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for crew, with forms such as "ccrew", "cerw", and "creww". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cry", "CRM", "crow", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is crew, spelled C-R-E-W.

Definition

1
Belegschaft
2
Crew, Besatzung
3
Schiffsbesatzung, Mannschaft
4
Flugzeugbesatzung, Raumschiffbesatzung
5
Rotte, bewaffnete Gruppe von Menschen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccrew
cerw
creww
crrew
crwe
rcew

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crew - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "crew"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crew"?

"crew" is spelled C-R-E-W. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "crew" mean?

As a noun, "crew" means: Belegschaft

What words are commonly confused with "crew"?

"crew" is commonly confused with "cry", "CRM", "crow". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "crew"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crew" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "crew" come from?

"crew" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crew", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

freu#6,186 Atem#6,150 Helm#6,201 stop#6,109

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

erben6 variants fasst6 variants Aktie6 variants Saudi6 variants

What to do next

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"crew" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cry". View pair
6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
Usage frequency rank #6,171 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
Browse more German words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.