creed
/kɹid/noun, verb
creed is spelled C-R-E-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, creed means “That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of creed is creeds.
How many letters and syllables are in creed?
| Letters | 5: C-R-E-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 creed?
Creed appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 creed?
- UK /kɹiːd/
- US /kɹid/
Creed has one syllable (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-creed.ogg, En-au-creed.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-creed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with creed?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as creed from its last stressed vowel (/id/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ceder.
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 creed
- creeds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- creeding participle, present
- creeded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does creed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
Holonyms: belief system, cosmology
- 2
A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.
A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs
- 3
rareThe fact of believing; belief, faith.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo believe; to credit.
- 2
To provide with a creed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Creed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | crédo |
| German | Credo, Kredo, Glaubensbekenntnis , glauben |
| Portuguese | crença, credo , acreditar, crer |
| Spanish | credo , creer |
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 creed come from?
From Middle English crede, from Old English crēda, crēdo, from Latin crēdō (“to believe”), from Proto-Italic *krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱréd-dʰeh₁-ti (“to trust, believe”, literally “to place one's heart”), a compound phrase of the oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”). Creed is cognate with Old Irish creitid (“to believe”), Sanskrit श्रद्दधाति (śráddadhāti, “to have faith or faithfulness, to have belief or confidence, believe”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).