Which to use
“cru” and “crush” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,193
- “cru” frequency rank
- #5,409
- “crush” frequency rank
- 45602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cru | crush |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A vineyard or group of vineyards in France, especially one having a high reputation. | A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. |
Where the eye mixes cru and crush
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. cru (/kɹuː/) and crush (/kɹʌʃ/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “cru” sits inside “crush”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cru is recorded at frequency rank #40,193, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹuː/. crush is at rank #5,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹʌʃ/.
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 45602, this pair ranks #219,695 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cru vs crush
Shared letters: cru. Private to "cru": -. Private to "crush": hs.
"cru" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "crush" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crush ← ccrush · crrush · crsuh · cruhs · crushh · crussh · cursh · rcush