Which to use
“creusé” and “creuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,749
- “creusé” frequency rank
- #20,684
- “creuses” frequency rank
- 32433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creusé | creuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (En parlant du visage ou de parties du visage) Empreint de creux, émacié. | Féminin pluriel de creux. |
Where the eye mixes creusé and creuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. creusé runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against creuses's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses creusé with creuses
A purely visual mix-up. creusé (\kʁø.ze\) and creuses (\kʁøz\) 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 32433, 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\. creuses is at rank #20,684, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁøz\.
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 32433, this pair ranks #297,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creusé vs creuses
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "creusé": é. Private to "creuses": -.
"creusé" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "creuses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- creuses ← ccreuses · ceruses · cresues · creuess · creusess · creusse · creusses · crreuses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "creusé" and "creuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "creusé" vs "creuses" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "creusé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "creuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creusé" and "creuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creuses vs crosses". 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 #297,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.