Which to use
“crushes” is a noun and “Crusoe” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,796
- “crushes” frequency rank
- #38,795
- “Crusoe” frequency rank
- 62591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crushes | Crusoe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of crush | A surname from French, famously held by |
Letter map: crushes vs Crusoe
Shared letters muted; letters that set crushes and Crusoe apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. crushes runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against Crusoe's 6 (CCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - crushes and Crusoe
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crushes is anoun and Crusoeaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crushes is recorded at frequency rank #23,796, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹʌʃɪz/. Crusoe is at rank #38,795, tagged as aname.
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 62591, this pair ranks #87,649 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crushes vs Crusoe
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "crushes": h. Private to "Crusoe": o.
"crushes" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "Crusoe" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crushes" for "Crusoe" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "crushes" and "Crusoe".
- Full dictionary entry for "crushes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Crusoe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,649 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crushes" and "Crusoe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Crusoe 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 #87,649 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.