# cries vs crows

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cries
*verb · IPA /kɹaɪ̯z/ · frequency rank #7,901*
third-person singular simple present indicative of cry

### crows
*noun · IPA /kɹəʊz/ · frequency rank #15,596*
plural of crow

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cries-vs-crows