craftedvscrashedWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: crafted is a adjective, crashed is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“crafted” is an adjective and “crashed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,026
“crafted” frequency rank
#6,670
“crashed” frequency rank
18696
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crafted crashed
Definition manufactured simple past and past participle of crash

Letter map: crafted vs crashed

Shared letters muted; letters that set crafted and crashed apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
crafted
7 ch
crashed

Part-of-speech tell for crafted / crashed

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crafted is anadjective and crashedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18696, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crafted is recorded at frequency rank #12,026, classified as anadj. crashed is at rank #6,670, tagged as averb, pronounced /kɹæʃt/.

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 18696, this pair ranks #443,144 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of crafted vs crashed

Shared letters: acder. Private to "crafted": ft. Private to "crashed": hs.

"crafted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "crashed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • craftedcarfted · ccrafted · crafetd · craffted · craftde · craftedd · craftted · cratfed
  • crashedcarshed · ccrashed · crahsed · crasehd · crashde · crashedd · crashhed · crasshed

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "crafted" and "crashed" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "crafted" is an adjective and "crashed" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "crafted" vs "crashed" - which ranks higher?
"crashed" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,670 in our English list, against #12,026 for "crafted". 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 "crafted" and "crashed". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crafted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crashed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #443,144 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crafted" and "crashed" 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 #443,144 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