Which to use
“créés” and “crois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,489
- “créés” frequency rank
- #333
- “crois” frequency rank
- 6822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créés | crois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de créer. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de croire. |
Where the eye mixes créés and crois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between créés and crois
A purely visual mix-up. créés (\kʁe.e\) and crois (\kʁwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6822, 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\. crois is at rank #333, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa\.
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 6822, this pair ranks #425,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of créés vs crois
Shared letters: crs. Private to "créés": é. Private to "crois": io.
"créés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "crois" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crois ← ccrois · coris · crios · croiss · crosi · crrois · rcois
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "créés" for "crois" ever safe?
Which is more common, "créés" or "crois"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "créés" and "crois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "créés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,120 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créés" and "crois" 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 #425,120 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.