# craps

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹæps/ · frequency rank #36,939

## Definitions
1. A game of gambling, or chance, where the players throw dice to make scores and avoid crap.

## Etymology
From Louisiana Creole craps, a corruption of English crabs.

## Easily confused with
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crs)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crop)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-cups)
- **cray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-cray)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-cris)
- **crazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crazy)
- **cross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-cross)
- **crash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crash)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crops)
- **cries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-cries)
- **crews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crews)
- **crawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crawl)
- **crate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crate)
- **crave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crave)
- **crows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crows)
- **craze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-craze)
- **crept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crept)
- **crypt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crypt)
- **crass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-crass)
- **cribs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/craps-vs-cribs)

## Common misspellings (8)
`carps`, `ccraps`, `crapps`, `crapss`, `crasp`, `crpas`, `crraps`, `rcaps`

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