Which to use
“crée” and “cuve” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,272
- “crée” frequency rank
- #14,006
- “cuve” frequency rank
- 16278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | crée | cuve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de toile. | Grand récipient de bois, de métal ou de maçonnerie dont on se sert ordinairement pour fouler la vendange ou pour y laisser fermenter le vin nouveau avec la grappe, pour faire de la bière et pour divers autres usages. |
Where the eye mixes crée and cuve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. crée (CCVV) and cuve (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between crée and cuve
A purely visual mix-up. crée (\kʁe.ə\) and cuve (\kyv\) 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 16278, 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\. cuve is at rank #14,006, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyv\.
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 16278, this pair ranks #388,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of crée vs cuve
Shared letters: ce. Private to "crée": ré. Private to "cuve": uv.
"crée" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "cuve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuve ← ccuve · cuev · cuvve · cvue · ucve
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "crée" for "cuve" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "crée" or "cuve" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "crée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "crée" and "cuve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs cuve". 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 #388,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.