creuséesvscreusesWhat's the difference?

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“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.

8 ch
creusées
7 ch
creuses

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

  • creusesccreuses · ceruses · cresues · creuess · creusess · creusse · creusses · crreuses

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "creusées" for "creuses" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\kʁø.ze\ versus \kʁøz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "creusées" or "creuses"?
"creuses" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,684 in our French list, against #33,199 for "creusées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list