CoravscragWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Cora is a name, crag is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cora” is a name and “crag” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,322
“Cora” frequency rank
#44,715
“crag” frequency rank
65037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cora crag
Definition A female given name from Ancient Greek. A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Where the eye mixes Cora and crag

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Cora (CVCV) and crag (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Cora
4 ch
crag

Visual trap between Cora and crag

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cora is /ˈkɔːɹə/ while crag is /kɹæɡ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cora is recorded at frequency rank #20,322, classified as aname, pronounced /ˈkɔːɹə/. 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 65037, this pair ranks #74,719 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Cora vs crag

Shared letters: acr. Private to "Cora": o. Private to "crag": g.

"Cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "crag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Cora ← ccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra
  • crag ← ccrag · cragg · crga · crrag · rcag

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Cora" and "crag" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cora" is a name and "crag" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Cora" or "crag"?
"Cora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,322 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cora" 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 #74,719 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cora" 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 #74,719 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