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

#16,880
“CPS” frequency rank
#6,554
“crops” frequency rank
23434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CPS crops
Definition Initialism of characters per second. plural of crop

Letter map: CPS vs crops

Shared letters muted; letters that set CPS and crops apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
CPS
5 ch
crops

Spelling & dictionary notes on CPS vs crops

CPS and crops 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CPS is recorded at frequency rank #16,880, classified as anoun. crops is at rank #6,554, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹɒps/.

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 23434, this pair ranks #409,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of CPS vs crops

Shared letters: cps. Private to "CPS": -. Private to "crops": or.

"CPS" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "crops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cropsccrops · cropps · cropss · crosp · crpos · crrops · rcops

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CPS" for "crops" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "CPS" vs "crops" - which ranks higher?
"crops" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,554 in our English list, against #16,880 for "CPS". 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 "CPS" and "crops". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "CPS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #409,301 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CPS" and "crops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CGT vs CPS". 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 #409,301 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