Which to use
“creuser” is a verb and “creuses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,676
- “creuser” frequency rank
- #20,684
- “creuses” frequency rank
- 28360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | creuser | creuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire un trou, un orifice, un canal, etc. | Féminin pluriel de creux. |
Where the eye mixes creuser and creuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. creuser and creuses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between creuser and creuses
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: creuser is \kʁø.ze\ while creuses is \kʁøz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “creuser” becomes s in “creuses”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
creuser is recorded at frequency rank #7,676, classified as averb, 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 28360, this pair ranks #323,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of creuser vs creuses
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "creuser": -. Private to "creuses": -.
"creuser" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "creuses" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "creuser" and "creuses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "creuser" 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 "creuser" 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 #323,315 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "creuser" 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 #323,315 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.