Which to use
“cheeses” and “creases” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,468
- “cheeses” frequency rank
- #41,066
- “creases” frequency rank
- 62534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheeses | creases |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of cheese | plural of crease |
Where the eye mixes cheeses and creases
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cheeses and creases follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cheeses with creases
A purely visual mix-up. cheeses (/ˈt͡ʃiːzɪz/) and creases (/ˈkɹiːsɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheeses is recorded at frequency rank #21,468, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈt͡ʃiːzɪz/. creases is at rank #41,066, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɹiːsɪz/.
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 62534, this pair ranks #87,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cheeses vs creases
Shared letters: ces. Private to "cheeses": h. Private to "creases": ar.
"cheeses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "creases" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cheeses" and "creases" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "cheeses" or "creases" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cheeses" and "creases" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cheeses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "creases" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheeses" and "creases" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caresses vs creases". 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 #87,970 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.