Which to use
“crease” and “creases” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,303
- “crease” frequency rank
- #41,066
- “creases” frequency rank
- 60369
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crease | creases |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced. | plural of crease |
Where the eye mixes crease and creases
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. crease runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against creases's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crease vs creases
A purely visual mix-up. crease (/kɹiːs/) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “crease” sits inside “creases”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crease is recorded at frequency rank #19,303, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɹiːs/. 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 60369, this pair ranks #100,559 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crease vs creases
Shared letters: acers. Private to "crease": -. Private to "creases": -.
"crease" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "creases" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "crease" and "creases" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crease" 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 #100,559 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crease" 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 #100,559 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.