Which to use
“crusher” and “crushes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,025
- “crusher” frequency rank
- #23,796
- “crushes” frequency rank
- 48821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crusher | crushes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Someone or something that crushes. | plural of crush |
Where the eye mixes crusher and crushes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. crusher and crushes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between crusher and crushes
A purely visual mix-up. crusher (/ˈkɹʌʃə/) 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 a single letter - r in “crusher” becomes s in “crushes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crusher is recorded at frequency rank #25,025, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹʌʃə/. 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 48821, this pair ranks #189,489 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crusher vs crushes
Shared letters: cehrsu. Private to "crusher": -. Private to "crushes": -.
"crusher" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crushes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "crusher" and "crushes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "crusher" or "crushes"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crusher" 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 #189,489 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crusher" and "crushes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crusher 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 #189,489 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.