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Which to use

“crore” and “crows” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,809
“crore” frequency rank
#15,596
“crows” frequency rank
33405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crore crows
Definition ten million (10⁷): 10,000,000, that is, with Indian digit grouping, 1,00,00,000. plural of crow

Where the eye mixes crore and crows

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
crore
5 ch
crows

Look-alike desk: crore vs crows

A purely visual mix-up. crore (/kɹoɹ/) and crows (/kɹəʊz/) 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 33405, 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/. crows is at rank #15,596, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹəʊz/.

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 33405, this pair ranks #329,716 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of crore vs crows

Shared letters: cor. Private to "crore": e. Private to "crows": sw.

"crore" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "crows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • croreccrore · croer · crorre · crroe · crrore · rcore
  • crowsccrows · corws · crosw · crowss · crowws · crrows · crwos · rcows

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "crore" and "crows" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/kɹoɹ/ versus /kɹəʊz/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "crore" vs "crows" - which ranks higher?
"crows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,596 in our English list, against #17,809 for "crore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crore" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #329,716 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crore" and "crows" 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 #329,716 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list