creímosvscremasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#31,730
“creímos” frequency rank
#24,083
“cremas” frequency rank
55813
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature creímos cremas
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de creer o de creerse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de cremar.

Where the eye mixes creímos and cremas

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

7 ch
creímos
6 ch
cremas

Look-alike desk: creímos vs cremas

A purely visual mix-up. creímos ([kɾeˈimos]) and cremas ([ˈkɾemas]) 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 55813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

creímos is recorded at frequency rank #31,730, classified as averb, pronounced [kɾeˈimos]. cremas is at rank #24,083, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkɾemas].

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 55813, this pair ranks #77,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of creímos vs cremas

Shared letters: cemrs. Private to "creímos": . Private to "cremas": a.

"creímos" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "cremas" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cremasccremas · cermas · creams · cremass · cremmas · cremsa · crmeas · crremas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "creímos" for "cremas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kɾeˈimos] versus [ˈkɾemas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "creímos" vs "cremas" - which ranks higher?
"cremas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,083 in our Spanish list, against #31,730 for "creímos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "creímos" and "cremas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "creímos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cremas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "creímos" and "cremas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cogimos vs creímos". 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 #77,234 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