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create

/kɹiːˈeɪt/verb

create is spelled C-R-E-A-T-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 105 times per million words in written English, the 1,021st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, create means “To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in create?

Letters6: C-R-E-A-T-E
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing105 times per million words; the 1,021st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is create?

Create appears 105 times per million words in written English, the 1,021st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce create?

  • /kɹiːˈeɪt/

Create has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-create.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with create?

No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as create.

Spelled with the same letters in another order: tracee.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of create

  • creates present, singular, he/she/it
  • creating participle, present
  • created participle, past, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • more create comparative
  • most create superlative
  • creätes present, singular, he/she/it
  • creäting participle, present
  • creäted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does create mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)

    You can create the color orange by mixing yellow and red.

  2. 2

    To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.

  3. 3

    To make or produce from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.

    Couturiers create exclusive garments for an affluent clientele.

  4. 4

    To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.

    crop failures created food shortages and high prices; his stubbornness created many difficulties

  5. 5

    To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.

    Henry VIII created him a Duke. Last month, the queen created two barons.

  6. 6

    To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.

    Children usually enjoy creating, never mind if it is of any use!

  7. 7

    In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.

  8. 8

    UKcolloquialTo make a fuss, complain; to shout.

verb

as creäte
  1. 1

    Dated spelling of create.

adjective

  1. 1

    obsoleteCreated, resulting from creation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate create?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of create: CUD.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Create in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcréer (to put into existence), nommer (to confer a title of nobility)
Germankreieren, erschaffen, schaffen (to put into existence), entwerfen (to design, invest with a new form, shape etc)
Portuguesecriar (to put into existence)
Spanishcrear, generar (to put into existence)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does create come from?

From Middle English createn, from Latin creātus, the perfect passive participle of creō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). In this sense, mostly displaced Old English wyrċan (whence Modern English work) and ġesċieppan (whence Modern English shape).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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