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. |
Same sound, different letters: créées vs créez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. créées runs 6 letters (CCVVVC) against créez's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: créées vs créez
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
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "créées" / "créez". 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 "créez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créées" and "créez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrez vs créez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #297,147 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.