céda

\se.da\

/\se.da\/ verb

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The verdict

“céda” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,740
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe céder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ceda · céda · French

céda · rank #38,740 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,740
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH declaration

Nearest frequency peer: declaration (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « céda »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « céda » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

céda vs ces
25% similar
céda vs cet
25% similar
céda vs cia
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for céda
PropertyValue
Headwordcéda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.da\
Letters4
Frequency rank#38,740
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « céda »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cédase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « declaration » (#38,742), « cresson » (#38,737), « delgado » (#38,743). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « céda » est au #38,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around céda (IPA \se.da\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,740 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe céder.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for céda, with forms such as "ccéda", "cdéa", and "ceda". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ces", "cet", "cia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is céda, spelled C-É-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe céder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how céda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le gouvernement sud-africain, qui était jusque-là plutôt consensuel, céda aux pressions de son entourage pour « désafrikaneriser » le pays en débaptisant les noms géographiques du pays (pour ne prendre qu’un exemple la conurbation de Pretoria s’appelle maintenant officiellement Tswhane).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccéda
  • cdéa
  • ceda
  • céad
  • cédda
  • écda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of céda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccéda1cdéa2ceda1céad2cédda1écda2
Edit distance from "céda"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "céda"?
"céda" is spelled C-É-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \se.da\.
What does "céda" mean?
As a verb, "céda" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe céder.
What words are commonly confused with "céda"?
"céda" is commonly confused with "ces", "cet", "cia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "céda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "céda" is \se.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "céda" come from?
"céda" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "céda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cous#38,734coat#38,709esta#38,787caux#38,692

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

courre6 variantsEaton6 variantsfacs6 variantsbills6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list