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Which to use

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

#9,635
“créées” frequency rank
#6,489
“créés” frequency rank
16124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature créées créés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de créer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de créer.

Same sound, different letters: créées vs créés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. créées runs 6 letters (CCVVVC) against créés's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
créées
5 ch
créés

Ear matches; page differs - créées and créés

This is the hard kind. créées and créés 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 16124, 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\. créés is at rank #6,489, 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 16124, this pair ranks #389,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of créées vs créés

Shared letters: crsé. Private to "créées": e. Private to "créés": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "créées" for "créés" ever safe?
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.
In ordinary French text, does "créées" or "créés" show up more?
"créés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,489 in our French list, against #9,635 for "créées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "créées" / "créés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "créées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "créés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #389,274 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "créées" and "créés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "créées vs cuvées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #389,274 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list