# cede

> English word · Verb · IPA /siːd/ · frequency rank #34,425

## Definitions
1. To give up; yield to another.
2. To give up; yield to another.
3. To give way.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ceder, from Old French ceder, from Latin cēdō (“to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyesdʰ- (“to drive away; to go away”). Cognate with Tocharian B kätk- (“to cross, pass”).

## Easily confused with
- **CEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-ceo)
- **cod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cod)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cue)
- **che** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-che)
- **CES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-ces)
- **CID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cid)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-coe)
- **cee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cee)
- **CME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cme)
- **CET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cet)
- **CTE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cte)
- **CPD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cpd)
- **cel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cel)
- **cem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cem)
- **CSE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cse)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cvd)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-come)
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-code)
- **cell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cell)
- **cent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cede-vs-cent)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ccede`, `cdee`, `ceed`, `ecde`

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