# create

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɹiːˈeɪt/ · frequency rank #1,014

## Definitions
1. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
2. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
3. To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
4. To cause, to bring (a non-object) about by an action, behavior, or event, to occasion.
5. To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.
6. To be or do something creative, imaginative, originative.
7. In theatre, to be the first performer of a role; to originate a character.
8. To make a fuss, complain; to shout.

## Etymology
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).

## Easily confused with
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-cree)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-crest)
- **Crete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-crete)
- **crept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-crept)
- **Crewe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-crewe)
- **crème** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-creme)
- **Croat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-croat)
- **creole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-creole)
- **curate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-curate)
- **crests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-crests)
- **created** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-created)
- **creator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-creator)
- **crested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-crested)
- **creative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-creative)
- **creature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-creature)
- **cremated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-cremated)
- **creatine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/create-vs-creatine)
- **cate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cate-vs-create)
- **cream** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cream-vs-create)
- **cheat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cheat-vs-create)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccreate`, `cerate`, `craete`, `creaet`, `creatte`, `cretae`, `crreate`, `rceate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/create