correr vs crer, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“correr” and “crer” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,604
“correr” frequency rank: #4,627
“crer” frequency rank: 6231
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	correr	crer
Definition	mover-se com rapidez	acreditar

Where the eye mixes correr and crer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch

correr

4 ch

crer

Look-alike desk: correr vs crer

A purely visual mix-up. correr (/ku.ˈReɾ/) and crer (/ˈkɾeɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

correr is recorded at frequency rank #1,604, classified as averb, pronounced /ku.ˈReɾ/. crer is at rank #4,627, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkɾeɾ/.

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 6231, this pair ranks #68,232 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of correr vs crer

Shared letters: cer. Private to "correr": o. Private to "crer": -.

"correr" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "crer" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

correr ← ccorrer · corer · corerr · correrr · corrre · crorer · ocrrer
crer ← ccrer · cerr · crerr · crre · crrer · rcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "correr" for "crer" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (/ku.ˈReɾ/ versus /ˈkɾeɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "correr" or "crer"?

"correr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,604 in our Portuguese list, against #4,627 for "crer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "correr" and "crer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "correr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "crer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #68,232 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"correr" and "crer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creep vs crer". 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 #68,232 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.