Which to use
“crop” and “crops” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,591
- “crop” frequency rank
- #6,554
- “crops” frequency rank
- 12145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crop | crops |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose. | plural of crop |
Where the eye mixes crop and crops
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between crop and crops
A purely visual mix-up. crop (/kɹɒp/) and crops (/kɹɒps/) 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) - “crop” sits inside “crops”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crop is recorded at frequency rank #5,591, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹɒp/. crops is at rank #6,554, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹɒps/.
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 12145, this pair ranks #483,186 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crop vs crops
Shared letters: copr. Private to "crop": -. Private to "crops": s.
"crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "crop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #483,186 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crop" and "crops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Croat vs crops". 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 #483,186 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.