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“cracks” and “crock” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,267
- “cracks” frequency rank
- #27,794
- “crock” frequency rank
- 36061
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cracks | crock |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of crack | A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. |
Where the eye mixes cracks and crock
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cracks runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against crock's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cracks vs crock
A purely visual mix-up. cracks (/kɹæks/) and crock (/kɹɒk/) 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 36061, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cracks is recorded at frequency rank #8,267, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹæks/. crock is at rank #27,794, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹɒk/.
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 36061, this pair ranks #306,505 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cracks vs crock
Shared letters: ckr. Private to "cracks": as. Private to "crock": o.
"cracks" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "crock" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cracks" and "crock" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cracks" vs "crock" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cracks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crock" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,505 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cracks" and "crock" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Croat vs crock". 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 #306,505 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.