Which to use
“crée” and “cures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,272
- “crée” frequency rank
- #30,120
- “cures” frequency rank
- 32392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crée | cures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de toile. | Pluriel de cure. |
Where the eye mixes crée and cures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses crée with cures
A purely visual mix-up. crée (\kʁe.ə\) and cures (\kyʁ\) 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 32392, 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\. cures is at rank #30,120, 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 32392, this pair ranks #297,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of crée vs cures
Shared letters: cer. Private to "crée": é. Private to "cures": su.
"crée" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "cures" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cures ← ccures · cuers · curess · curres · curse · ucres
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crée" for "cures" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "crée" or "cures" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "crée" and "cures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "crée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,585 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crée" and "cures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs cures". 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 #297,585 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.