# croc vs Cruz

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### croc
*noun · IPA /kɹɒk/ · frequency rank #30,745*
A crocodile.

### Cruz
*name · IPA /kɹuːz/ · frequency rank #6,350*
A surname from Ibero-Romance.

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