Which to use
“crafted” is an adjective and “craved” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,026
- “crafted” frequency rank
- #32,749
- “craved” frequency rank
- 44775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crafted | craved |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | manufactured | simple past and past participle of crave |
Letter map: crafted vs craved
Shared letters muted; letters that set crafted and craved apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for crafted / craved
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crafted is anadjective and cravedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crafted is recorded at frequency rank #12,026, classified as anadj. craved is at rank #32,749, tagged as averb, pronounced /kɹeɪvd/.
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 44775, this pair ranks #227,454 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crafted vs craved
Shared letters: acder. Private to "crafted": ft. Private to "craved": v.
"crafted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "craved" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crafted" and "craved" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "crafted" or "craved" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "crafted" vs "craved" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "crafted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craved" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,454 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crafted" and "craved" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "craved 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 #227,454 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.