crecerávscrecesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: crecerá is a verb, creces is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“crecerá” is a verb and “creces” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,312
“crecerá” frequency rank
#16,303
“creces” frequency rank
38615
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crecerá creces
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de crecer. Devolución del préstamo hecho a panaderos, agricultores etc. en especie con unos intereses (generalmente bajos) llamados creces.

Where the eye mixes crecerá and creces

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. crecerá runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against creces's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
crecerá
6 ch
creces

Visual trap between crecerá and creces

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: crecerá is [kɾeseˈɾa] while creces is [ˈkɾeses]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crecerá is recorded at frequency rank #22,312, classified as averb, pronounced [kɾeseˈɾa]. creces is at rank #16,303, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkɾeses].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 38615, this pair ranks #169,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of crecerá vs creces

Shared letters: cer. Private to "crecerá": á. Private to "creces": s.

"crecerá" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "creces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • creces ← ccreces · cerces · crcees · crecces · crecess · crecse · creecs · creses

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "crecerá" and "creces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "crecerá" is a verb and "creces" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "crecerá" or "creces" show up more?
"creces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,303 in our Spanish list, against #22,312 for "crecerá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crecerá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "creces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crecerá" and "creces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cederá vs crecerá". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #169,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list