Which to use
“crew” is a noun and “Cruz” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,033
- “crew” frequency rank
- #6,350
- “Cruz” frequency rank
- 8383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crew | Cruz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A group of people together | A surname from Ibero-Romance. |
Where the eye mixes crew and Cruz
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crew vs Cruz
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crew is /kɹuː/ while Cruz is /kɹuːz/. 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 name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crew is recorded at frequency rank #2,033, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹuː/. Cruz is at rank #6,350, tagged as aname, pronounced /kɹuːz/.
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 8383, this pair ranks #502,782 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crew vs Cruz
Shared letters: cr. Private to "crew": ew. Private to "Cruz": uz.
"crew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Cruz" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crew" for "Cruz" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "crew" or "Cruz" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crew" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Cruz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #502,782 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crew" and "Cruz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Chua vs Cruz". 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 #502,782 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.