Which to use
“crazed” and “crewed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,130
- “crazed” frequency rank
- #49,848
- “crewed” frequency rank
- 73978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crazed | crewed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Maddened; driven insane. | Having a crew; manned; piloted. |
Where the eye mixes crazed and crewed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. crazed and crewed follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: crazed vs crewed
A purely visual mix-up. crazed (/kɹeɪzd/) and crewed (/kɹuːd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crazed is recorded at frequency rank #24,130, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɹeɪzd/. crewed is at rank #49,848, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɹuːd/.
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 73978, this pair ranks #37,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crazed vs crewed
Shared letters: cder. Private to "crazed": az. Private to "crewed": w.
"crazed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "crewed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crazed" and "crewed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "crazed" or "crewed" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "crazed" and "crewed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crazed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crewed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,801 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crazed" and "crewed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creeds 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 #37,801 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.