créées vs créer, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“créées” and “créer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,635
“créées” frequency rank: #895
“créer” frequency rank: 10530
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	créées	créer
Definition	Participe passé féminin pluriel de créer.	Tirer quelque chose du néant, faire de rien quelque chose.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set créées and créer apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

créées

5 ch

créer

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. créées and créer are pronounced identically (\kʁe.e\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

créées is recorded at frequency rank #9,635, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁe.e\. créer is at rank #895, 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 10530, this pair ranks #412,645 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of créées vs créer

Shared letters: ceré. Private to "créées": s. Private to "créer": -.

"créées" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC · "créer" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Frequency comparison

créées#9,635

créer#895

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "créées" and "créer" be used interchangeably?

No. They are pronounced the same (\kʁe.e\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "créées" or "créer"?

"créer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #895 in our French list, against #9,635 for "créées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering créées vs créer

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