# crept

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɹɛpt/ · frequency rank #23,794

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of creep

## Easily confused with
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crt)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crew)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crop)
- **crit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crit)
- **crops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crops)
- **crews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crews)
- **crust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crust)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crest)
- **Crete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crete)
- **croft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-croft)
- **crypt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crypt)
- **Crewe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crewe)
- **Crist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crist)
- **Croat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-croat)
- **crypto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crypto)
- **crests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crept-vs-crests)
- **CET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cet-vs-crept)
- **cent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cent-vs-crept)
- **crap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crap-vs-crept)
- **capt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capt-vs-crept)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccrept`, `cerpt`, `creppt`, `creptt`, `cretp`, `crpet`, `crrept`, `rcept`

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