Which to use
“craft” is a noun and “crafted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,293
- “craft” frequency rank
- #12,026
- “crafted” frequency rank
- 16319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craft | crafted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Strength; power; might; force . | manufactured |
Letter map: craft vs crafted
Shared letters muted; letters that set craft and crafted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for craft / crafted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: craft is anoun and craftedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “craft” sits inside “crafted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craft is recorded at frequency rank #4,293, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹɑːft/. crafted is at rank #12,026, tagged as anadj.
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 16319, this pair ranks #458,509 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of craft vs crafted
Shared letters: acfrt. Private to "craft": -. Private to "crafted": de.
"craft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crafted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "craft" and "crafted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "craft" vs "crafted" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "craft" and "crafted".
- Full dictionary entry for "craft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crafted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #458,509 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craft" and "crafted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crafted vs crusted". 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 #458,509 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.