creer
[kɾeˈeɾ]
The verdict
“creer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #864
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Estar persuadido de que algo es cierto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-creer · creer · Spanish
creer · rank #864 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #864
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH actualmente
Nearest frequency peer: actualmente (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “creer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vive
vive
99,140 corpus weight
- actualmente
actualmente
99,138 corpus weight
- creer
creer
99,137 corpus weight
- llamada
llamada
99,136 corpus weight
- mamá
mamá
99,135 corpus weight
- participaci…
participación
99,134 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “creer” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | creer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɾeˈeɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “creer” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around creer (IPA [kɾeˈeɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #864 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for creer, with forms such as "ccreer", "cerer", and "creerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "creo", "creí", "crew", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is creer, spelled C-R-E-E-R.
Definition
- 1Estar persuadido de que algo es cierto.
- 2Tener por verosímil o probable.
- 3Dar asenso, tener por cierto.
- 4Pensar, juzgar, sospechar o estar persuadido.
- 5Confiar en que lo que dice una persona es cierto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how creer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
—Yo no es que no te creo, yo puedo pensar que vos estás diciendo algo que no es así. ¿Cuántas veces hablaste con Garrincha vos? —Yo no lo vi a Napoleón, papá. —¿Y qué tiene que ver? —Es lo mismo, yo no hablé nunca con Garrincha. —¿Y por qué yo a usted le tengo que creer todo? —No me crea nada. Es más, desde este momento no me dirija más la palabra.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccreer
- cerer
- creerr
- crer
- crere
- crreer
- rceer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of creer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "creer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.