Which to use
“crown” and “crows” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,665
- “crown” frequency rank
- #15,596
- “crows” frequency rank
- 18261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crown | crows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem. | plural of crow |
Where the eye mixes crown and crows
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses crown with crows
A purely visual mix-up. crown (/kɹaʊn/) 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 differ by a single letter - n in “crown” becomes s in “crows”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crown is recorded at frequency rank #2,665, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹaʊn/. 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 18261, this pair ranks #446,061 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crown vs crows
Shared letters: corw. Private to "crown": n. Private to "crows": s.
"crown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crown" and "crows" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "crown" or "crows"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "crown" and "crows" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crown" 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 #446,061 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crown" and "crows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Croat vs crows". 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 #446,061 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.