Which to use
“chests” and “crests” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,613
- “chests” frequency rank
- #37,870
- “crests” frequency rank
- 60483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chests | crests |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of chest | plural of crest |
Where the eye mixes chests and crests
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chests vs crests
A purely visual mix-up. chests (/t͡ʃɛsts/) and crests (/kɹɛsts/) 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 a single letter - h in “chests” becomes r in “crests”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chests is recorded at frequency rank #22,613, classified as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃɛsts/. crests is at rank #37,870, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹɛsts/.
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 60483, this pair ranks #99,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chests vs crests
Shared letters: cest. Private to "chests": h. Private to "crests": r.
"chests" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "crests" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chests" and "crests" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "chests" or "crests"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chests" and "crests" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chests" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crests" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chests" and "crests" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crests vs Crist". 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 #99,954 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.