English homophones
croc/crock
"crock" (#27,794 written frequency) beats "croc" (#30,745) in this 2-word /kɹɒk/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /kɹɒk/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "crock" leads at #27,794, with "croc" trailing at #30,745.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "croc" then splits - "croc" (4 letters) vs "crock" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across croc, crock: cor. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
croc
4 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVC
Inventory cor · no private letters vs siblings
crock
5 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCVCC
Inventory ckor · private k
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "croc" when you mean: A crocodile.
- Write "crock" when you mean: A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (croc, crock). Here's where to go from here.
- "crock" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #27,794 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: serial · cereal. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "croc, crock" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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