creerévscreesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“creeré” and “crees” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,325
“creeré” frequency rank
#1,441
“crees” frequency rank
49766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature creeré crees
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de creer o de creerse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de crear.

Where the eye mixes creeré and crees

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

6 ch
creeré
5 ch
crees

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. creeré ([kɾeeˈɾe]) and crees ([ˈkɾees]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

creeré is recorded at frequency rank #48,325, classified as averb, pronounced [kɾeeˈɾe]. crees is at rank #1,441, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkɾees].

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 49766, this pair ranks #106,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of creeré vs crees

Shared letters: cer. Private to "creeré": é. Private to "crees": s.

"creeré" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV  ·  "crees" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • creesccrees · creess · cres · crese · crrees · rcees

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "creeré" and "crees" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kɾeeˈɾe] versus [ˈkɾees]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "creeré" or "crees"?
"crees" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,441 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 "creeré" and "crees". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "creeré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crees" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,939 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "creeré" and "crees" 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