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“CMA” and “crag” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,726
“CMA” frequency rank
#44,715
“crag” frequency rank
71441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CMA crag
Definition Abbreviation of Census Metropolitan Area. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Letter map: CMA vs crag

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

3 ch
CMA
4 ch
crag

Spelling & dictionary notes on CMA vs crag

CMA and crag are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CMA is recorded at frequency rank #26,726, classified as anoun. 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 71441, this pair ranks #46,702 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CMA vs crag

Shared letters: ac. Private to "CMA": m. Private to "crag": gr.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cragccrag · cragg · crga · crrag · rcag

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CMA" for "crag" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "CMA" or "crag" show up more?
"CMA" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,726 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.

What to do next

You've compared "CMA" and "crag". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "CMA" 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 #46,702 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CMA" 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 #46,702 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