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“Creak” or “Creek”

creak / creek are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

creak k·r·IY·k

  • nouna squeaking sound.

creek k·r·IY·k

  • nounany member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma.
Usage

Examples in context

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“creak”

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“creek”

  • …(), is located between Ložnica Creek to the north, a water…
  • …and the path of Salt Creek flowing through roughly half of…
  • The stream of Beaver Creek runs through this township.
  • Sierra Passage (1950) as Sutter's Creek Poker Player (uncredited)
  • K15GU-D in Dove Creek, etc., Colorado
  • …in Sioux Falls, SD, Gilmore Creek, AK, and Svalbard, Norway.
  • …a car out of a creek using blocks, ropes, and six
  • …in San Ignacio and Calla Creek.
  • Hays Creek Mill
  • …by the Yuchi and the Creek tribe.

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