Which to use
“crops” and “crowds” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,554
- “crops” frequency rank
- #8,653
- “crowds” frequency rank
- 15207
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crops | crowds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of crop | plural of crowd |
Where the eye mixes crops and crowds
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crops vs crowds
A purely visual mix-up. crops (/kɹɒps/) and crowds (/kɹaʊdz/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15207, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crops is recorded at frequency rank #6,554, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹɒps/. crowds is at rank #8,653, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹaʊdz/.
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 15207, this pair ranks #465,413 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crops vs crowds
Shared letters: cors. Private to "crops": p. Private to "crowds": dw.
"crops" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crowds" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crops" for "crowds" ever safe?
Which is more common, "crops" or "crowds"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "crops" and "crowds" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crops" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crowds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #465,413 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crops" and "crowds" 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 #465,413 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.