Which to use
“craps” and “creeps” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,939
- “craps” frequency rank
- #17,581
- “creeps” frequency rank
- 54520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craps | creeps |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap. | plural of creep |
Where the eye mixes craps and creeps
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. craps runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against creeps's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: craps vs creeps
A purely visual mix-up. craps (/kɹæps/) and creeps (/kɹiːps/) 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 54520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
craps is recorded at frequency rank #36,939, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹæps/. creeps is at rank #17,581, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹiːps/.
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 54520, this pair ranks #140,452 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of craps vs creeps
Shared letters: cprs. Private to "craps": a. Private to "creeps": e.
"craps" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "creeps" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "craps" for "creeps" ever safe?
Frequency check: "craps" vs "creeps" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "craps" and "creeps" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "craps" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "creeps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,452 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craps" and "creeps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Crabb vs craps". 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 #140,452 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.