créées vs créez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#9,635
“créées” frequency rank: #22,823
“créez” frequency rank: 32458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	créées	créez
Definition	Participe passé féminin pluriel de créer.	Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de créer.

Where the spellings diverge

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

6 ch

créées

5 ch

créez

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. créées and créez 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 32458, 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\. créez is at rank #22,823, 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 32458, this pair ranks #297,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of créées vs créez

Shared letters: ceré. Private to "créées": s. Private to "créez": z.

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

Frequency comparison

créées#9,635

créez#22,823

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "créées" and "créez" 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 "créez"?

"créées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,635 in our French list, against #22,823 for "créez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering créées vs créez

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