Which to use
“crease” is a noun and “Crewe” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,303
- “crease” frequency rank
- #30,382
- “Crewe” frequency rank
- 49685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crease | Crewe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. | A placename: |
Where the eye mixes crease and Crewe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. crease runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against Crewe's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crease vs Crewe
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crease is /kɹiːs/ while Crewe is /ˈkɹuː/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crease is recorded at frequency rank #19,303, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹiːs/. Crewe is at rank #30,382, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈkɹuː/.
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 49685, this pair ranks #181,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crease vs Crewe
Shared letters: cer. Private to "crease": as. Private to "Crewe": w.
"crease" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "Crewe" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crease" for "Crewe" ever safe?
Which is more common, "crease" or "Crewe"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "crease" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Crewe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crease" and "Crewe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Crewe 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 #181,300 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.