Which to use
“creusée” and “creuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,504
- “creusée” frequency rank
- #20,684
- “creuses” frequency rank
- 49188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creusée | creuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de creusé. | Féminin pluriel de creux. |
Where the eye mixes creusée and creuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. creusée (CCVVCVV) and creuses (CCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between creusée and creuses
A purely visual mix-up. creusée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
creusée is recorded at frequency rank #28,504, 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 49188, this pair ranks #172,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creusée vs creuses
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "creusée": é. Private to "creuses": -.
"creusée" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVV · "creuses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- creuses ← ccreuses · ceruses · cresues · creuess · creusess · creusse · creusses · crreuses
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "creusée" and "creuses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "creusée" vs "creuses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "creusée" 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 #172,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creusée" 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 #172,721 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.