creersevscreesTell them apart

Which to use

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

#19,073
“creerse” frequency rank
#1,441
“crees” frequency rank
20514
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature creerse crees
Definition Imaginarse, figurarse, pensar alguna cosa. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de crear.

Where the eye mixes creerse and crees

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

7 ch
creerse
5 ch
crees

Visual trap between creerse and crees

A purely visual mix-up. creerse ([kɾeˈeɾse]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

creerse is recorded at frequency rank #19,073, classified as averb, pronounced [kɾeˈeɾse]. 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 20514, this pair ranks #259,012 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of creerse vs crees

Shared letters: cers. Private to "creerse": -. Private to "crees": -.

"creerse" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV  ·  "crees" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • creerse ← ccreerse · cererse · creerce · creeres · creerrse · creersse · creesre · crerese
  • crees ← ccrees · creess · cres · crese · crrees · rcees

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "creerse" and "crees" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([kɾeˈeɾse] versus [ˈkɾees]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "creerse" vs "crees" - which ranks higher?
"crees" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,441 in our Spanish list, against #19,073 for "creerse". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "creerse" 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 #259,012 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "creerse" and "crees" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creeré vs creerse". 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 #259,012 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