ces
/siːz/noun
ces is spelled C-E-S: 3 letters. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ces means “plural of ce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in ces?
| Letters | 3: C-E-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is ces?
Ces appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce ces?
- /siːz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with ces?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as ces.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sec.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does ces mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of ce
noun
- 1
Initialism of cauda equina syndrome.
- 2
Initialism of cat eye syndrome.
- 3
Initialism of constant elasticity of substitution.
noun
- 1
plural of CE
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does ces come from?
Derived from the pluralization pattern of Latin third declension nouns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).