Which to use
“crag” and “craze” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,715
- “crag” frequency rank
- #18,283
- “craze” frequency rank
- 62998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crag | craze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock. | A strong habitual desire or fancy. |
Where the eye mixes crag and craze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crag runs 4 letters (CCVC) against craze's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crag vs craze
A purely visual mix-up. crag (/kɹæɡ/) and craze (/kɹeɪz/) 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 62998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crag is recorded at frequency rank #44,715, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹæɡ/. craze is at rank #18,283, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹeɪz/.
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 62998, this pair ranks #85,428 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crag vs craze
Shared letters: acr. Private to "crag": g. Private to "craze": ez.
"crag" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "craze" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crag" for "craze" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crag" vs "craze" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crag" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,428 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crag" and "craze" 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 #85,428 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.