créer

\kʁe.e\

/\kʁe.e\/ verb

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The verdict

“créer” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#895
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirer quelque chose du néant, faire de rien quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creer · créer · French

créer · rank #895 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #895
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH comprends

Nearest frequency peer: comprends (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “créer”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “créer” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

créer vs Crie
40% similar
créer vs crue
60% similar
créer vs crew
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for créer
PropertyValue
Headwordcréer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kʁe.e\
Letters5
Frequency rank#895
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “créer” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).créerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « comprends » (#894), « 1er » (#893), « défense » (#897). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around créer (IPA \kʁe.e\), averb. Corpus frequency is #895 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for créer, with forms such as "ccréer", "creer", and "creér". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Crie", "crue", "crew", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is créer, spelled C-R-É-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tirer quelque chose du néant, faire de rien quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Donner l’existence à quelque chose qui n’existait pas encore, éventuellement à partir d'autres éléments.
  3. 3
    Fonder, instituer, élire.
  4. 4
    Produire ; faire naître ; susciter.
  5. 5
    Imaginer ; inventer.
  6. 6
    Faire subir, donner, provoquer.
  7. 7
    Jouer un rôle qui n'avait jamais été joué auparavant.
  8. 8
    Représenter, mettre en scène, une œuvre théâtrale ou musicale qui n'avait jamais été représentée auparavant.
  9. 9
    Créer un genre, une espèce, etc. : Établir un nouveau genre, une nouvelle espèce, etc., pour y ranger des êtres qu’on ne peut rapporter à aucun genre, à aucune espèce connue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au commencement Dieu créa de rien le ciel, la terre, l’air, le feu, et l’eau ; il créa aussi les Anges et la lumière, puis il fit le soleil et les étoiles qu'il plaça dans le ciel.
  2. Dans la mythologie Babylonienne, Apsû (l’eau douce) et Tiamat (l’eau salée), ont créé les Dieux.

Synonyms

engendrerformerinnoverprovoquerproduirefaireréaliserfabriquerporter sur les fonts baptismaux

This word in other languages

create(English)crear(Español)schaffen(Deutsch)criar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccréer
  • creer
  • creér
  • crréer
  • créerr
  • crére
  • cérer
  • rcéer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of créer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccréer1creer1creér2crréer1créerr1crére2cérer2rcéer2
Edit distance from "créer"

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 "créer"?
"créer" is spelled C-R-É-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁe.e\.
What does "créer" mean?
As a verb, "créer" means: Tirer quelque chose du néant, faire de rien quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "créer"?
"créer" is commonly confused with "Crie", "crue", "crew". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "créer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "créer" is \kʁe.e\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "créer" come from?
"créer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

terrain8 variantssamedi8 variantslongue8 variantsrappelle8 variants

What to do next

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  • "créer" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Crie". View pair
  • 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #895 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list