Which to use
“créez” and “criez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,823
- “créez” frequency rank
- #34,966
- “criez” frequency rank
- 57789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créez | criez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de créer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de crier. |
Where the eye mixes créez and criez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. créez and criez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between créez and criez
A purely visual mix-up. créez (\kʁe.e\) and criez (\kʁi.je\) 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 a single letter - é in “créez” becomes i in “criez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57789, 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\. criez is at rank #34,966, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁi.je\.
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 57789, this pair ranks #112,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of créez vs criez
Shared letters: cerz. Private to "créez": é. Private to "criez": i.
"créez" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "criez" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- criez ← ccriez · cirez · creiz · criezz · crize · crriez · rciez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "créez" and "criez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "créez" vs "criez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "créez" and "criez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "créez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "criez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créez" and "criez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrez vs criez". 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 #112,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.