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

#4,293
“craft” frequency rank
#44,715
“crag” frequency rank
49008
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature craft crag
Definition Strength; power; might; force . A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Where the eye mixes craft and crag

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
craft
4 ch
crag

Visual trap between craft and crag

A purely visual mix-up. craft (/kɹɑːft/) and crag (/kɹæɡ/) 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 49008, 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/. 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 49008, this pair ranks #187,706 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of craft vs crag

Shared letters: acr. Private to "craft": ft. Private to "crag": g.

"craft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "crag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • craftcarft · ccraft · crafft · craftt · cratf · crfat · crraft · rcaft
  • cragccrag · cragg · crga · crrag · rcag

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "craft" and "crag" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/kɹɑːft/ versus /kɹæɡ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "craft" vs "crag" - which ranks higher?
"craft" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,293 in our English list, against #44,715 for "crag". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "craft" 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 #187,706 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "craft" 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 #187,706 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