Which to use
“cru” is an adjective and “crush” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,555
- “cru” frequency rank
- #24,279
- “crush” frequency rank
- 38834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cru | crush |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que não foi cozido ou não foi cozido o suficiente | interesse em alguém, atração física por outra pessoa, possível ou platônica |
Letter map: cru vs crush
Shared letters muted; letters that set cru and crush apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cru runs 3 letters (CCV) against crush's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - cru and crush
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cru is anadjective and crushanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cru” sits inside “crush”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cru is recorded at frequency rank #14,555, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɾu/. crush is at rank #24,279, tagged as anoun.
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 38834, this pair ranks #27,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cru vs crush
Shared letters: cru. Private to "cru": -. Private to "crush": hs.
"cru" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "crush" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crush ← ccrush · crrush · crsuh · cruhs · crushh · crussh · cursh · rcush
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cru" and "crush" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cru" or "crush" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "cru" and "crush". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cru" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crush" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cru" and "crush" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chau vs cru". 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 #27,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.