cree

/[ˈkɾee]/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#842

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cree is anSpanishadj. It means: Perteneciente o relativo a una etnia amerindia, nativa de la región de los Grandes Lagos en Norteamérica, históricamente cazadores de la fauna subártica y secundariamente recolectores. Pronounced [ˈkɾee]. It ranks #842 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with cry and cri.

Key facts for cree
PropertyValue
Headwordcree
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈkɾee]
Letters4
Frequency rank#842
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for cree is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkɾee]. Corpus data places it at rank #842 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cree, with forms such as "ccree", "cere", and "cre". 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, "cry", "cri", "cue", 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 cree, spelled C-R-E-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Perteneciente o relativo a una etnia amerindia, nativa de la región de los Grandes Lagos en Norteamérica, históricamente cazadores de la fauna subártica y secundariamente recolectores.
  2. 2
    Perteneciente o relativo a la lengua hablada por los miembros de esta etnia.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccree,cere,cre,crree,rcee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cree

Misspelling Variants of "cree"

ccree5cere4cre3crree5rcee4
Misspelling Variants of "cree"

Frequency rank: #842 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cree"?
"cree" is spelled C-R-E-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɾee].
What does "cree" mean?
As an adj, "cree" means: Perteneciente o relativo a una etnia amerindia, nativa de la región de los Grandes Lagos en Norteamérica, históricamente cazadores de la fauna subártica y secundariamente recolectores.
What words are commonly confused with "cree"?
"cree" is commonly confused with "cry", "cri", "cue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cree"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cree" is [ˈkɾee]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cree" come from?
"cree" 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.