# crew

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɹuː/ · frequency rank #2,033

## Definitions
1. A group of people together
2. A group of people together
3. A group of people together
4. A group of people together
5. A group of people together
6. A group of people together
7. A group of people together
8. A group of people together
9. A group of people together
10. A person in a crew
11. A person in a crew
12. A person in a crew
13. The sport of competitive rowing.

## Etymology
From Middle English crue, from Old French creue (“an increase, recruit, military reinforcement”), the feminine past participle of creistre (“grow”), from Latin crescere (“to arise, grow”).

## Easily confused with
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cw)
- **cry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cry)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cue)
- **CRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crt)
- **CRM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crm)
- **CRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crs)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cro)
- **CTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cte)
- **CRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cri)
- **cru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cru)
- **CSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cse)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cure)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crop)
- **Cruz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cruz)
- **crow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crow)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cues)
- **crib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crib)
- **crux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crux)
- **croc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-croc)
- **Cris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-cris)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccrew`, `cerw`, `creww`, `crrew`, `crwe`, `rcew`

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