Which to use
“CEA” is a name and “cede” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,561
- “CEA” frequency rank
- #34,425
- “cede” frequency rank
- 77986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | CEA | cede |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Initialism of Centre for Effective Altruism. | To give up; yield to another. |
Letter map: CEA vs cede
Shared letters muted; letters that set CEA and cede apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. CEA runs 3 letters (CVV) against cede's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - CEA and cede
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CEA is aname and cedeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
CEA is recorded at frequency rank #43,561, classified as aname. cede is at rank #34,425, tagged as averb, pronounced /siːd/.
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 77986, this pair ranks #25,786 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of CEA vs cede
Shared letters: ce. Private to "CEA": a. Private to "cede": d.
"CEA" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "cede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cede ← ccede · cdee · ceed · ecde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "CEA" and "cede" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "CEA" or "cede" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "CEA" and "cede".
- Full dictionary entry for "CEA" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cede" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,786 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "CEA" and "cede" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CEA vs CGT". 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 #25,786 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.