Which to use
“créez” is a verb and “creux” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,823
- “créez” frequency rank
- #6,945
- “creux” frequency rank
- 29768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créez | creux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de créer. | Qui présente une cavité, un trou intérieur. |
Where the eye mixes créez and creux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. créez and creux follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: créez vs creux
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: créez is \kʁe.e\ while creux is \kʁø\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
créez is recorded at frequency rank #22,823, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁe.e\. creux is at rank #6,945, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁø\.
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 29768, this pair ranks #314,626 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of créez vs creux
Shared letters: cer. Private to "créez": zé. Private to "creux": ux.
"créez" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "creux" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- creux ← ccreux · cerux · creuxx · crexu · crreux · cruex · rceux
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "créez" and "creux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "créez" or "creux"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "créez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "creux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,626 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créez" and "creux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrez vs créez". 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 #314,626 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.