Which to use
“crisis” and “cross” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,590
- “crisis” frequency rank
- #7,749
- “cross” frequency rank
- 30339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crisis | cross |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | crise | cruz |
Letter map: crisis vs cross
Shared letters muted; letters that set crisis and cross apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. crisis runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against cross's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - crisis / cross
crisis and cross are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crisis is recorded at frequency rank #22,590, classified as anoun. cross is at rank #7,749, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹɒs/.
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 30339, this pair ranks #38,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crisis vs cross
Shared letters: crs. Private to "crisis": i. Private to "cross": o.
"crisis" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "cross" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crisis" and "cross" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crisis" vs "cross" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "crisis" and "cross". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "crisis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cross" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crisis" and "cross" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chess vs cross". 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 #38,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.