Which to use
“crop” and “crow” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,591
- “crop” frequency rank
- #9,590
- “crow” frequency rank
- 15181
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crop | crow |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. |
Where the eye mixes crop and crow
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crop vs crow
A purely visual mix-up. crop (/kɹɒp/) and crow (/kɹəʊ/) 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 a single letter - p in “crop” becomes w in “crow”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15181, 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/. crow is at rank #9,590, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹəʊ/.
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 15181, this pair ranks #465,572 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crop vs crow
Shared letters: cor. Private to "crop": p. Private to "crow": w.
"crop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "crow" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crow" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #465,572 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crop" and "crow" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Croat vs crow". 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 #465,572 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.