# climbs vs cribs

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### climbs
*verb · IPA /klaɪmz/ · frequency rank #16,863*
third-person singular simple present indicative of climb

### cribs
*noun · IPA /kɹɪbz/ · frequency rank #41,067*
plural of crib

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/climbs-vs-cribs