créer

\kʁe.e\

/\kʁe.e\/ verb

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The verdict

“créer” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #895 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#895
frequency rank, French
5
letters
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tirer quelque chose du néant, faire de rien quelque chose.

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)

Where “créer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). créer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for créer is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kʁe.e\. Corpus data places it at rank #895 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

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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Using “créer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-R-É-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kʁe.e\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “Crie” - see the side-by-side comparison. créer vs Crie
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list