Which to use
“cape” and “craze” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,289
- “cape” frequency rank
- #18,283
- “craze” frequency rank
- 22572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cape | craze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland. | A strong habitual desire or fancy. |
Where the eye mixes cape and craze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cape runs 4 letters (CVCV) against craze's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cape with craze
A purely visual mix-up. cape (/keɪp/) and craze (/kɹeɪz/) 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 22572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cape is recorded at frequency rank #4,289, classified as anoun, pronounced /keɪp/. craze is at rank #18,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹeɪz/.
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 22572, this pair ranks #415,600 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cape vs craze
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cape": p. Private to "craze": rz.
"cape" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "craze" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cape" and "craze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "cape" or "craze" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cape" and "craze" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,600 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cape" and "craze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Crabb vs craze". 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 #415,600 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.