Which to use
“crashes” and “crushes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,652
- “crashes” frequency rank
- #23,796
- “crushes” frequency rank
- 32448
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crashes | crushes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of crash | plural of crush |
Where the eye mixes crashes and crushes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. crashes and crushes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: crashes vs crushes
A purely visual mix-up. crashes (/ˈkɹæʃɪz/) and crushes (/ˈkɹʌʃɪz/) 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 a single letter - a in “crashes” becomes u in “crushes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32448, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crashes is recorded at frequency rank #8,652, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹæʃɪz/. crushes is at rank #23,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹʌʃɪz/.
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 32448, this pair ranks #337,744 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crashes vs crushes
Shared letters: cehrs. Private to "crashes": a. Private to "crushes": u.
"crashes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crushes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crashes" and "crushes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "crashes" or "crushes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "crashes" and "crushes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crashes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crushes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #337,744 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crashes" and "crushes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crushes 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 #337,744 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.