# CRT vs Cruz

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### CRT
*noun · frequency rank #26,740*
Initialism of Chinese remainder theorem.

### Cruz
*name · IPA /kɹuːz/ · frequency rank #6,350*
A surname from Ibero-Romance.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crt-vs-cruz