# credo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹidəʊ/ · frequency rank #38,345

## Definitions
1. A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
2. The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English credo, from Old French credo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”); doublet of creed.

## Easily confused with
- **CRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-cro)
- **crew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crew)
- **Cree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-cree)
- **crud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crud)
- **creek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-creek)
- **cried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-cried)
- **crude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crude)
- **crews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crews)
- **creep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-creep)
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-cured)
- **creed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-creed)
- **crest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crest)
- **Crete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crete)
- **crept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crept)
- **Crewe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-crewe)
- **crème** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-creme)
- **creeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/credo-vs-creeds)
- **CEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceo-vs-credo)
- **Cleo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cleo-vs-credo)
- **cred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cred-vs-credo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccredo`, `cerdo`, `crdeo`, `creddo`, `creod`, `crredo`, `rcedo`

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