Which to use
“crews” and “cruise” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,405
- “crews” frequency rank
- #4,933
- “cruise” frequency rank
- 13338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crews | cruise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of crew | A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. |
Same sound, different letters: crews vs cruise
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - crews / cruise
This is the hard kind. crews and cruise are pronounced identically (/kɹuːz/) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crews is recorded at frequency rank #8,405, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹuːz/. cruise is at rank #4,933, tagged as anoun, 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 13338, this pair ranks #476,386 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crews vs cruise
Shared letters: cers. Private to "crews": w. Private to "cruise": iu.
"crews" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "cruise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crews" for "cruise" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "crews" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cruise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #476,386 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crews" and "cruise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crewed vs crews". 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 #476,386 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.