Which to use
“créole” and “crevée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,118
- “créole” frequency rank
- #33,626
- “crevée” frequency rank
- 48744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créole | crevée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Originellement, personne de famille européenne, née dans une des anciennes colonies des régions tropicales d'Amérique et de l'océan Indien, et plus particulièrement des Antilles. | Trouée, échancrure, déchirure. |
Where the eye mixes créole and crevée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. créole (CCVVCV) and crevée (CCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: créole vs crevée
A purely visual mix-up. créole (\kʁe.ɔl\) and crevée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
créole is recorded at frequency rank #15,118, classified as anoun, pronounced \kʁe.ɔl\. crevée is at rank #33,626, tagged as anoun, 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 48744, this pair ranks #176,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of créole vs crevée
Shared letters: ceré. Private to "créole": lo. Private to "crevée": v.
"créole" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "crevée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "créole" and "crevée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "créole" or "crevée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "créole" and "crevée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "créole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crevée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,355 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créole" and "crevée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clèves vs crevée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #176,355 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.