# cedar vs cede

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cedar
*noun · IPA /ˈsiː.də/ · frequency rank #10,178*
A coniferous tree of the genus Cedrus in the family Pinaceae.

### cede
*verb · IPA /siːd/ · frequency rank #34,425*
To give up; yield to another.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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