creux

\kʁø\

/\kʁø\/ adj

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The verdict

“creux” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,945
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui présente une cavité, un trou intérieur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creux · creux · French

creux · rank #6,945 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,945
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cœurs

Nearest frequency peer: cœurs (+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 « creux »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « creux » 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).

creux vs cru
60% similar
creux vs crue
60% similar
creux vs crus
60% similar

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

Key facts for creux
PropertyValue
Headwordcreux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁø\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,945
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « creux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.creuxse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cœurs » (#6,946), « Coran » (#6,943), « dalle » (#6,947). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « creux » est au #6,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around creux (IPA \kʁø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,945 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for creux, with forms such as "ccreux", "cerux", and "creuxx". 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, "cru", "crue", "crus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is creux, spelled C-R-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui présente une cavité, un trou intérieur.
  2. 2
    Qui est cave, concave.
  3. 3
    Qui est profond.
  4. 4
    Enfoncé.
  5. 5
    Qui donne une impression de vide, qui ne contient rien de sérieux ni de solide.
  6. 6
    Futile ou dépourvu de sens, en parlant des ouvrages d’esprit où l’on ne peut puiser une instruction solide.
  7. 7
    Qualifie une matrice dont la plupart des éléments sont nuls.
  8. 8
    Qualifie une mer agitée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce pilier n’est pas massif, il est creux en dedans.
  2. Dent creuse.

Synonyms

troué

Antonyms

convexe

This word in other languages

hollow(English)hueco(Español)hohl(Deutsch)oco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccreux
  • cerux
  • creuxx
  • crexu
  • crreux
  • cruex
  • rceux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of creux - 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.

ccreux1cerux2creuxx1crexu2crreux1cruex2rceux2
Edit distance from "creux"

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 "creux"?
"creux" is spelled C-R-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁø\.
What does "creux" mean?
As an adjective, "creux" means: Qui présente une cavité, un trou intérieur.
What words are commonly confused with "creux"?
"creux" is commonly confused with "cru", "crue", "crus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "creux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "creux" is \kʁø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "creux" come from?
"creux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cœurs#6,946Coran#6,943dalle#6,947amont#6,923

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

bonnet7 variantsalpha7 variantsloups7 variantsMarion7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list