Which to use
“crush” and “cruz” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,279
- “crush” frequency rank
- #1,606
- “cruz” frequency rank
- 25885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crush | cruz |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | interesse em alguém, atração física por outra pessoa, possível ou platônica | símbolo formado por dois planos, normalmente linhas, um orientado horizontalmente e outro na vertical, cruzando-se e formando um ângulo de 90 graus; a linha é, por vezes, maior para baixo do cruzamento |
Letter map: crush vs cruz
Shared letters muted; letters that set crush and cruz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. crush runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against cruz's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - crush / cruz
crush and cruz 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 25885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crush is recorded at frequency rank #24,279, classified as anoun. cruz is at rank #1,606, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾuʃ/.
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 25885, this pair ranks #43,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crush vs cruz
Shared letters: cru. Private to "crush": hs. Private to "cruz": z.
"crush" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "cruz" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crush" for "cruz" ever safe?
Frequency check: "crush" vs "cruz" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "crush" vs "cruz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "crush" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cruz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crush" and "cruz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crash vs crush". 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 #43,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.