Which to use
“crédules” and “creuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,871
- “crédules” frequency rank
- #20,684
- “creuses” frequency rank
- 64555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crédules | creuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de crédule. | Féminin pluriel de creux. |
Where the eye mixes crédules and creuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. crédules runs 8 letters (CCVCVCVC) against creuses's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: crédules vs creuses
A purely visual mix-up. crédules (\kʁe.dyl\) and creuses (\kʁøz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crédules is recorded at frequency rank #43,871, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁe.dyl\. creuses is at rank #20,684, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁøz\.
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 64555, this pair ranks #76,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of crédules vs creuses
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "crédules": dlé. Private to "creuses": -.
"crédules" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC · "creuses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- creuses ← ccreuses · ceruses · cresues · creuess · creusess · creusse · creusses · crreuses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crédules" for "creuses" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "crédules" or "creuses" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "crédules" and "creuses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crédules" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "creuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crédules" and "creuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crapules vs crédules". 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 #76,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.