creature
crea·ture/ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/noun
creature is spelled C-R-E-A-T-U-R-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (crea·ture). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creature means “A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creature is creatures or creätures.
How many letters and syllables are in creature?
| Letters | 8: C-R-E-A-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: crea·ture |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 creature?
Creature appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th 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 creature?
- UK /ˈkɹiː.tʃə/
- UK [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃə]
- US /ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/
Creature has 2 syllables, split crea·ture in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-creature.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with creature
Also written: crater.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with creature?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as creature from its last stressed vowel (/itʃəɹ/):
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 creature
- creatures plural
- creacher
- creatur
- creätures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creature mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
insects and other creatures
- 2
An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
- 3
derogatoryA human.
He's a creature of habit.
- 4
A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
- 5
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
noun
- 1
datedAlternative spelling of creature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Creature in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense living being:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | créature, être |
| German | Wesen, Lebewesen, Fabelwesen, Geschöpf, Kreatur |
| Portuguese | criatura |
| Spanish | criatura, creatura |
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 creature come from?
Inherited from Middle English creature (“a created thing”), borrowed via Old French creature, from Late Latin creātūra, from creō. By surface analysis, create + -ure. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).