Which to use
“creusent” is a verb and “creuses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,025
- “creusent” frequency rank
- #20,684
- “creuses” frequency rank
- 47709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creusent | creuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de creuser. | Féminin pluriel de creux. |
Same sound, different letters: creusent vs creuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. creusent runs 8 letters (CCVVCVCC) against creuses's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - creusent and creuses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: creusent and creuses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \kʁøz\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
creusent is recorded at frequency rank #27,025, classified as averb, pronounced \kʁøz\. 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 47709, this pair ranks #184,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creusent vs creuses
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "creusent": nt. Private to "creuses": -.
"creusent" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC · "creuses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "creusent" / "creuses". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "creusent" 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 #184,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creusent" and "creuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crescent vs creusent". 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 #184,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.