creevscreeréWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cree is a adjective, creeré is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cree” is an adjective and “creeré” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#842
“cree” frequency rank
#48,325
“creeré” frequency rank
49167
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cree creeré
Definition 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. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de creer o de creerse.

Where the eye mixes cree and creeré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
cree
6 ch
creeré

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cree is [ˈkɾee] while creeré is [kɾeeˈɾe]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cree” sits inside “creeré”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49167, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cree is recorded at frequency rank #842, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkɾee]. creeré is at rank #48,325, tagged as averb, pronounced [kɾeeˈɾe].

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 49167, this pair ranks #110,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cree vs creeré

Shared letters: cer. Private to "cree": -. Private to "creeré": é.

"cree" · 4 letters · shape CCVV  ·  "creeré" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • creeccree · cere · cre · crree · rcee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cree" and "creeré" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cree" is an adjective and "creeré" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cree" or "creeré"?
"cree" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #842 in our Spanish list, against #48,325 for "creeré". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "cree" and "creeré". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cree" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "creeré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cree" and "creeré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comeré vs creeré". 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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list