Which to use
“cricket” and “crickets” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,682
- “cricket” frequency rank
- #22,048
- “crickets” frequency rank
- 25730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cricket | crickets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. | plural of cricket. |
Where the eye mixes cricket and crickets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cricket runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against crickets's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cricket vs crickets
A purely visual mix-up. cricket (/ˈkɹɪk.ɪt/) and crickets (/ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/) 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 extra letter(s) - “cricket” sits inside “crickets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cricket is recorded at frequency rank #3,682, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹɪk.ɪt/. crickets is at rank #22,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹɪk.ɪts/.
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 25730, this pair ranks #392,093 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cricket vs crickets
Shared letters: ceikrt. Private to "cricket": -. Private to "crickets": s.
"cricket" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crickets" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cricket" for "crickets" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cricket" and "crickets" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cricket" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crickets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,093 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cricket" and "crickets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clicker vs cricket". 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 #392,093 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.