Which to use
“cracked” and “crazed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,211
- “cracked” frequency rank
- #24,130
- “crazed” frequency rank
- 31341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cracked | crazed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Broken so that cracks appear on, or under, the surface. | Maddened; driven insane. |
Where the eye mixes cracked and crazed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cracked runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against crazed's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cracked with crazed
A purely visual mix-up. cracked (/kɹækt/) and crazed (/kɹeɪzd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cracked is recorded at frequency rank #7,211, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɹækt/. crazed is at rank #24,130, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɹeɪzd/.
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 31341, this pair ranks #346,958 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cracked vs crazed
Shared letters: acder. Private to "cracked": k. Private to "crazed": z.
"cracked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crazed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cracked" and "crazed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "cracked" or "crazed" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cracked" and "crazed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cracked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crazed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,958 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cracked" and "crazed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crazed vs crewed". 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 #346,958 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.