Which to use
“clapped” and “cropped” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,009
- “clapped” frequency rank
- #17,808
- “cropped” frequency rank
- 42817
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clapped | cropped |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of clap | simple past and past participle of crop |
Where the eye mixes clapped and cropped
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: clapped vs cropped
A purely visual mix-up. clapped (/klæpt/) and cropped (/kɹɒpt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clapped is recorded at frequency rank #25,009, classified as averb, pronounced /klæpt/. cropped is at rank #17,808, tagged as averb, pronounced /kɹɒpt/.
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 42817, this pair ranks #245,826 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of clapped vs cropped
Shared letters: cdep. Private to "clapped": al. Private to "cropped": or.
"clapped" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "cropped" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "clapped" and "cropped" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "clapped" or "cropped" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "clapped" and "cropped" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "clapped" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cropped" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,826 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clapped" and "cropped" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clapped vs clasped". 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 #245,826 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.