Which to use
“chance” and “crane” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #548
- “chance” frequency rank
- #8,021
- “crane” frequency rank
- 8569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chance | crane |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An opportunity or possibility. | Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight. |
Where the eye mixes chance and crane
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. chance (/t͡ʃæns/) and crane (/kɹeɪn/) 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 8569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chance is recorded at frequency rank #548, classified as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃæns/. crane is at rank #8,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹeɪn/.
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 8569, this pair ranks #501,860 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chance vs crane
Shared letters: acen. Private to "chance": h. Private to "crane": r.
"chance" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crane" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV