crééesvscréezConfusable pair

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.

6 ch
créées
5 ch
créez

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

Do "créées" and "créez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "créez" show up more?
"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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list