Which to use
“crée” and “cure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,272
- “crée” frequency rank
- #7,048
- “cure” frequency rank
- 9320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crée | cure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de toile. | Soin, souci. — En ce sens, il est surtout usité dans l’expression : n’avoir cure. |
Where the eye mixes crée and cure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. crée (CCVV) and cure (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: crée vs cure
A purely visual mix-up. crée (\kʁe.ə\) and cure (\kyʁ\) 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 9320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
crée is recorded at frequency rank #2,272, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁe.ə\. cure is at rank #7,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyʁ\.
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 9320, this pair ranks #417,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crée vs cure
Shared letters: cer. Private to "crée": é. Private to "cure": u.
"crée" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "cure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cure ← ccure · cuer · curre · ucre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "crée" and "cure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "crée" vs "cure" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "crée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #417,080 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crée" and "cure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "curage vs cure". 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 #417,080 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.