crème
/kɹɛm/
"creme" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“crème” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,408. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,408
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of cream.
Corpus desk
Index EN-creme · crème · English
crème · rank #37,408 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,408
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crossbar
Nearest frequency peer: crossbar (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “crème”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- crankshaft
crankshaft
62,597 corpus weight
- Cristo
Cristo
62,595 corpus weight
- crossbar
crossbar
62,594 corpus weight
- crème
crème
62,593 corpus weight
- dawning
dawning
62,591 corpus weight
- demarcation
demarcation
62,589 corpus weight
What this shows “crème” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crème |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɹɛm/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “crème”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around crème (IPA /kɹɛm/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,408 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonym of cream.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for crème, with forms such as "ccrème", "crmèe", and "crrème". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CRM", "crew", "crim", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French crème. Doublet of cream and crema. The correct English form is crème, spelled C-R-È-M-E.
Definition
- 1Synonym of cream.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how crème appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I was still wearing Florsheim cordovan wingtip shoes, medium gray flannel slacks, with a broadcoth crème shirt that displayed pale green stripes setting off my dark green silk tie imprinted with light brown heads of horses.
He went through periods where he wore monochromatic outfits, and though he had begun to experiment with new combinations, he still liked to return to the blue suit with the blue shirt and the blue tie, or the creme colored suit with the creme shirt and the creme tie.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French crème. Doublet of cream and crema.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccrème
- crmèe
- crrème
- crèem
- crèmme
- cèrme
- rcème
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of crème - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "crème", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).