Which to use
“creusées” and “creuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,199
- “creusées” frequency rank
- #20,684
- “creuses” frequency rank
- 53883
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creusées | creuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de creusé. | Féminin pluriel de creux. |
Where the eye mixes creusées and creuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. creusées runs 8 letters (CCVVCVVC) against creuses's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: creusées vs creuses
A purely visual mix-up. creusées (\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 53883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
creusées is recorded at frequency rank #33,199, 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 53883, this pair ranks #137,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creusées vs creuses
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "creusées": é. Private to "creuses": -.
"creusées" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVVC · "creuses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- creuses ← ccreuses · ceruses · cresues · creuess · creusess · creusse · creusses · crreuses
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "creusées" for "creuses" ever safe?
Which is more common, "creusées" or "creuses"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "creusées" 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 #137,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creusées" and "creuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creusées vs creuset". 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 #137,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.