Which to use
“kreative” and “kreatives” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,582
- “kreative” frequency rank
- #24,804
- “kreatives” frequency rank
- 33386
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kreative | kreatives |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kreativ | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs kreativ |
Where the eye mixes kreative and kreatives
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. kreative runs 8 letters (CCVVCVCV) against kreatives's 9 (CCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: kreative vs kreatives
A purely visual mix-up. kreative ([ˌkʁeaˈtiːvə]) and kreatives ([ˌkʁeaˈtiːvəs]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “kreative” sits inside “kreatives”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kreative is recorded at frequency rank #8,582, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌkʁeaˈtiːvə]. kreatives is at rank #24,804, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌkʁeaˈtiːvəs].
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 33386, this pair ranks #1,687,066 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of kreative vs kreatives
Shared letters: aeikrtv. Private to "kreative": -. Private to "kreatives": s.
"kreative" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCV · "kreatives" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "kreative" and "kreatives" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "kreative" vs "kreatives" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "kreative" and "kreatives" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "kreative" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kreatives" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,687,066 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kreative" and "kreatives" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kreativer vs kreatives". 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 #1,687,066 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.