creature

\ˈkɹi.tʃɚ\

/\ˈkɹi.tʃɚ\/ noun

The verdict

“creature” is uncommon French (frequency #65,052 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,052
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Créature. Résultat de la création.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creature · creature · French

creature · rank #65,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,052
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crain

Nearest frequency peer: crain (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « creature »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « creature » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for creature
PropertyValue
Headwordcreature
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɹi.tʃɚ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,052
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « creature » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.creaturetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « crain » (#65,051), « crevez » (#65,053), « crocus » (#65,054). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « creature » est au #65,052. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

creature is uncommon French at frequency #65,052 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkɹi.tʃɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for creature in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is creature, spelled C-R-E-A-T-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Créature. Résultat de la création.
  2. 2
    Animal, bête.
  3. 3
    Monstre, être vivant imaginaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how creature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The last salient point in which the systems of these creatures differed from ours was in what one might have thought a very trivial particular.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "creature"?
"creature" is spelled C-R-E-A-T-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɹi.tʃɚ\.
What does "creature" mean?
As a noun, "creature" means: Créature. Résultat de la création.
How do you pronounce "creature"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "creature" is \ˈkɹi.tʃɚ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "creature" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "creature", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list