crear

/[kɾeˈaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#820

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

crear is aSpanishverb. It means: Producir algo que antes no existía; generar la existencia de algo o de alguien. Pronounced [kɾeˈaɾ]. It ranks #820 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with creo and cree.

Key facts for crear
PropertyValue
Headwordcrear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kɾeˈaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#820
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of crear in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for crear is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɾeˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #820 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for crear, with forms such as "ccrear", "cerar", and "craer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "creo", "cree", "creí", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is crear, spelled C-R-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Producir algo que antes no existía; generar la existencia de algo o de alguien.
  2. 2
    Establecer, instituir o fundar algo que no existía.
  3. 3
    Dar a alguien una dignidad o cargo que antes no tenía y que cambia su estatus de manera significativa.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccrear,cerar,craer,crearr,crera,crrear,rcear

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for crear

Misspelling Variants of "crear"

ccrear6cerar5craer5crearr6crera5crrear6rcear5
Misspelling Variants of "crear"

Frequency rank: #820 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crear"?
"crear" is spelled C-R-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kɾeˈaɾ].
What does "crear" mean?
As a verb, "crear" means: Producir algo que antes no existía; generar la existencia de algo o de alguien.
What words are commonly confused with "crear"?
"crear" is commonly confused with "creo", "cree", "creí". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "crear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crear" is [kɾeˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crear" come from?
"crear" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.