Which to use
“crush” and “crushes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,409
- “crush” frequency rank
- #23,796
- “crushes” frequency rank
- 29205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crush | crushes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin. | plural of crush |
Where the eye mixes crush and crushes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between crush and crushes
A purely visual mix-up. crush (/kɹʌʃ/) and crushes (/ˈkɹʌʃɪz/) 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) - “crush” sits inside “crushes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crush is recorded at frequency rank #5,409, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹʌʃ/. crushes is at rank #23,796, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹʌʃɪz/.
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 29205, this pair ranks #364,955 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crush vs crushes
Shared letters: chrsu. Private to "crush": -. Private to "crushes": e.
"crush" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "crushes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crush" and "crushes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crush" vs "crushes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crush" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crushes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,955 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crush" and "crushes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crushes vs crusted". 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 #364,955 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.