Which to use
“creusé” and “creusées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,749
- “creusé” frequency rank
- #33,199
- “creusées” frequency rank
- 44948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creusé | creusées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (En parlant du visage ou de parties du visage) Empreint de creux, émacié. | Féminin pluriel de creusé. |
Same sound, different letters: creusé vs creusées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. creusé runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against creusées's 8 (CCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: creusé vs creusées
This is the hard kind. creusé and creusées are pronounced identically (\kʁø.ze\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “creusé” sits inside “creusées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
creusé is recorded at frequency rank #11,749, classified as anadj, pronounced \kʁø.ze\. creusées is at rank #33,199, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁø.ze\.
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 44948, this pair ranks #206,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creusé vs creusées
Shared letters: cersué. Private to "creusé": -. Private to "creusées": -.
"creusé" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "creusées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "creusé" and "creusées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "creusé" vs "creusées" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "creusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "creusées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creusé" and "creusées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creusées vs creuset". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #206,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.