Which to use
“cac” and “crag” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,969
- “cac” frequency rank
- #44,715
- “crag” frequency rank
- 78684
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cac | crag |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A white (Caucasian) person. | A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock. |
Where the eye mixes cac and crag
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cac runs 3 letters (CVC) against crag's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cac vs crag
A purely visual mix-up. cac (/kæk/) and crag (/kɹæɡ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78684, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cac is recorded at frequency rank #33,969, classified as anoun, pronounced /kæk/. crag is at rank #44,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹæɡ/.
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 78684, this pair ranks #24,015 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cac vs crag
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cac": -. Private to "crag": gr.
"cac" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "crag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crag ← ccrag · cragg · crga · crrag · rcag
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cac" and "crag" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cac" or "crag"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cac" and "crag" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crag" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,015 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cac" and "crag" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crag vs Croat". 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 #24,015 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.