Which to use
“crore” and “crown” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,809
- “crore” frequency rank
- #2,665
- “crown” frequency rank
- 20474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crore | crown |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000. | A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. |
Where the eye mixes crore and crown
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: crore vs crown
A purely visual mix-up. crore (/kɹoɹ/) and crown (/kɹaʊn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crore is recorded at frequency rank #17,809, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹoɹ/. crown is at rank #2,665, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹaʊn/.
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 20474, this pair ranks #430,838 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crore vs crown
Shared letters: cor. Private to "crore": e. Private to "crown": nw.
"crore" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "crown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crore" and "crown" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "crore" vs "crown" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crown" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,838 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crore" and "crown" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Croat vs crore". 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 #430,838 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.