# cold vs crowd

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cold
*adjective · IPA /kəʊld/ · frequency rank #1,013*
Having a low temperature.

### crowd
*verb · IPA /kɹaʊd/ · frequency rank #2,034*
To press forward; to advance by pushing.

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