Which to use
“cites” and “créés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,100
- “cites” frequency rank
- #6,489
- “créés” frequency rank
- 34589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cites | créés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe citer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de créer. |
Where the eye mixes cites and créés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cites and créés
A purely visual mix-up. cites (\sit\) and créés (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cites is recorded at frequency rank #28,100, classified as averb, pronounced \sit\. créés is at rank #6,489, 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 34589, this pair ranks #282,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cites vs créés
Shared letters: cs. Private to "cites": eit. Private to "créés": ré.
"cites" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "créés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cites ← ccites · ciets · citess · citse · cittes · cties · ictes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cites" and "créés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cites" vs "créés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cites" and "créés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "créés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cites" and "créés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs cites". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #282,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.