# credit vs crept

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### credit
*verb · IPA /ˈkɹɛdɪt/ · frequency rank #1,072*
To believe; to put credence in.

### crept
*verb · IPA /ˈkɹɛpt/ · frequency rank #23,794*
simple past and past participle of creep

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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