# ceases

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsiːsɪz/ · frequency rank #20,872

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cease

## Easily confused with
- **class** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-class)
- **chase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-chase)
- **crass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-crass)
- **Ceres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-ceres)
- **census** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-census)
- **closes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-closes)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-chased)
- **crises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-crises)
- **coasts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-coasts)
- **cranes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-cranes)
- **crease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-crease)
- **crates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-crates)
- **curses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-curses)
- **chases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-chases)
- **chaser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-chaser)
- **Coates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-coates)
- **craves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-craves)
- **classes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-classes)
- **crashes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-crashes)
- **cheeses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ceases-vs-cheeses)

## Common misspellings (7)
`caeses`, `cceases`, `ceaess`, `ceasess`, `ceasses`, `cesaes`, `ecases`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ceases