Which to use
“craps” is a noun and “crept” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,939
- “craps” frequency rank
- #23,794
- “crept” frequency rank
- 60733
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | craps | crept |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap. | simple past and past participle of creep |
Where the eye mixes craps and crept
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. craps and crept follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: craps vs crept
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: craps is /kɹæps/ while crept is /ˈkɹɛpt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60733, 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/. crept is at rank #23,794, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkɹɛpt/.
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 60733, this pair ranks #98,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of craps vs crept
Shared letters: cpr. Private to "craps": as. Private to "crept": et.
"craps" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crept" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "craps" for "crept" ever safe?
Frequency check: "craps" vs "crept" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "craps" and "crept" 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 "crept" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "craps" and "crept" 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 #98,387 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.