Which to use
“créées” is a verb and “crête” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,635
- “créées” frequency rank
- #11,944
- “crête” frequency rank
- 21579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créées | crête |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de créer. | Excroissance charnue que les coqs et quelques autres gallinacés ont sur leur tête. |
Where the eye mixes créées and crête
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. créées runs 6 letters (CCVVVC) against crête's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses créées with crête
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: créées is \kʁe.e\ while crête is \kʁɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21579, 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\. crête is at rank #11,944, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛt\.
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 21579, this pair ranks #362,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of créées vs crête
Shared letters: cer. Private to "créées": sé. Private to "crête": tê.
"créées" · 6 letters · shape CCVVVC · "crête" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "créées" and "crête" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "créées" or "crête"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "créées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crête" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créées" and "crête" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cese vs crête". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #362,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.