creuses

\kʁøz\

/\kʁøz\/ adj

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“creuses” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,684. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,684
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de creux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creuses · creuses · French

creuses · rank #20,684 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,684
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH creative

Nearest frequency peer: creative (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « creuses »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « creuses » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

creuses vs crues
71% similar
creuses vs crises
71% similar
creuses vs croises
71% similar

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

Key facts for creuses
PropertyValue
Headwordcreuses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁøz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,684
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « creuses »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « creative » (#20,683), « crew » (#20,685), « cowboys » (#20,682). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « creuses » est au #20,684. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around creuses (IPA \kʁøz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,684 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de creux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for creuses, with forms such as "ccreuses", "ceruses", and "cresues". 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, "crues", "crises", "croises", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is creuses, spelled C-R-E-U-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de creux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des fenêtres, là-haut, s’ouvrent, creuses et noires comme des orbites béantes dans le crâne d’un squelette.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccreuses
  • ceruses
  • cresues
  • creuess
  • creusess
  • creusse
  • creusses
  • crreuses
  • crueses
  • rceuses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of creuses - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccreuses1ceruses2cresues2creuess2creusess1creusse2creusses1crreuses1
Edit distance from "creuses"

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 "creuses"?
"creuses" is spelled C-R-E-U-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁøz\.
What does "creuses" mean?
As an adjective, "creuses" means: Féminin pluriel de creux.
What words are commonly confused with "creuses"?
"creuses" is commonly confused with "crues", "crises", "croises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "creuses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "creuses" is \kʁøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "creuses" come from?
"creuses" 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.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cowboys#20,682crèches#20,686coulent#20,680Cynthia#20,689

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

doutent10 variantschenille10 variantscarcasse10 variantsCadillac10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list