# crowd

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɹaʊd/ · frequency rank #2,034

## Definitions
1. To press forward; to advance by pushing.
2. To press together or collect in numbers.
3. To press or drive together, especially into a small space; to cram.
4. To fill by pressing or thronging together
5. To push, to press, to shove.
6. To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way.
7. To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
8. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.

## Etymology
From Middle English crouden, from Old English crūdan, from Proto-West Germanic *krūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *grewt- (“to push; press”). Cognate with German Low German kroden (“to push, shove”), Dutch kruien (“to push, shove”).

## Easily confused with
- **crud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crud)
- **crown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crown)
- **crows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crows)
- **crowds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crowds)
- **crowns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crowns)
- **crowded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crowded)
- **crowned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crowned)
- **crowder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crowd-vs-crowder)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cow-vs-crowd)
- **cod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cod-vs-crowd)
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cro-vs-crowd)
- **cold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cold-vs-crowd)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crew-vs-crowd)
- **crop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crop-vs-crowd)
- **cord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cord-vs-crowd)
- **cows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cows-vs-crowd)
- **crow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crow-vs-crowd)
- **chow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chow-vs-crowd)
- **croc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/croc-vs-crowd)
- **cred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cred-vs-crowd)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccrowd`, `corwd`, `crodw`, `crowdd`, `crowwd`, `crrowd`, `crwod`, `rcowd`

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