Which to use
“crewed” and “crowded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,848
- “crewed” frequency rank
- #7,329
- “crowded” frequency rank
- 57177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crewed | crowded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a crew; manned; piloted. | Containing a dense pack or mass of something; teeming. |
Where the eye mixes crewed and crowded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between crewed and crowded
A purely visual mix-up. crewed (/kɹuːd/) and crowded (/ˈkɹaʊdɪd/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crewed is recorded at frequency rank #49,848, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɹuːd/. crowded is at rank #7,329, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɹaʊdɪd/.
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 57177, this pair ranks #121,077 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crewed vs crowded
Shared letters: cderw. Private to "crewed": -. Private to "crowded": o.
"crewed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "crowded" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crewed" for "crowded" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crewed" vs "crowded" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "crewed" and "crowded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crewed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crowded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #121,077 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crewed" and "crowded" 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 #121,077 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.