Which to use
“citée” and “créée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,448
- “citée” frequency rank
- #3,394
- “créée” frequency rank
- 12842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | citée | créée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe citer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de créer. |
Where the eye mixes citée and créée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. citée (CVCVV) and créée (CCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: citée vs créée
A purely visual mix-up. citée (\si.te\) and créée (\kʁe.e\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
citée is recorded at frequency rank #9,448, classified as averb, pronounced \si.te\. créée is at rank #3,394, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁe.e\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 12842, this pair ranks #403,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of citée vs créée
Shared letters: ceé. Private to "citée": it. Private to "créée": r.
"citée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "créée" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "citée" and "créée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "citée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "créée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "citée" and "créée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calée vs citée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #403,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.