Which to use
“créons” and “croyons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,969
- “créons” frequency rank
- #11,750
- “croyons” frequency rank
- 46719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | créons | croyons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de créer. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de croire. |
Where the eye mixes créons and croyons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. créons runs 6 letters (CCVVCC) against croyons's 7 (CCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: créons vs croyons
A purely visual mix-up. créons (\kʁe.ɔ̃\) and croyons (\kʁwa.jɔ̃\) 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 46719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
créons is recorded at frequency rank #34,969, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁe.ɔ̃\. croyons is at rank #11,750, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁwa.jɔ̃\.
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 46719, this pair ranks #192,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of créons vs croyons
Shared letters: cnors. Private to "créons": é. Private to "croyons": y.
"créons" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "croyons" · 7 letters · shape CCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- croyons ← ccroyons · coryons · crooyns · croynos · croyonns · croyonss · croyosn · croyyons
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "créons" for "croyons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "créons" vs "croyons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "créons" and "croyons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "créons" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "croyons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,674 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "créons" and "croyons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cotons vs créons". 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 #192,674 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.