CBAvscragWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: CBA is a name, crag is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“CBA” is a name and “crag” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,283
“CBA” frequency rank
#44,715
“crag” frequency rank
63998
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CBA crag
Definition Initialism of County Bar Association. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Letter map: CBA vs crag

Shared letters muted; letters that set CBA and crag apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
CBA
4 ch
crag

Part-of-speech tell for CBA / crag

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CBA is aname and craganoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CBA is recorded at frequency rank #19,283, classified as aname. 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 63998, this pair ranks #79,992 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CBA vs crag

Shared letters: ac. Private to "CBA": b. Private to "crag": gr.

"CBA" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "crag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cragccrag · cragg · crga · crrag · rcag

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CBA" for "crag" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CBA" is a name and "crag" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "CBA" vs "crag" - which ranks higher?
"CBA" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,283 in our English list, against #44,715 for "crag". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "CBA" and "crag".

  • Full dictionary entry for "CBA" 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 #79,992 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CBA" 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 #79,992 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list