Which to use
“créés” and “crever” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,489
- “créés” frequency rank
- #6,805
- “crever” frequency rank
- 13294
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créés | crever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de créer. | S’ouvrir par un effort violent. |
Where the eye mixes créés and crever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. créés runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against crever's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between créés and crever
A purely visual mix-up. créés (\kʁe.e\) and crever (\kʁə.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
créés is recorded at frequency rank #6,489, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁe.e\. crever is at rank #6,805, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁə.ve\.
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 13294, this pair ranks #401,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of créés vs crever
Shared letters: cr. Private to "créés": sé. Private to "crever": ev.
"créés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "crever" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crever ← ccrever · cerver · creevr · creverr · crevre · crevver · crrever · crveer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "créés" and "crever" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "créés" vs "crever" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "créés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,598 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créés" and "crever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs créés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #401,598 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.