cédant

\se.dɑ̃\

/\se.dɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“cédant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,504
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui cède son droit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cedant · cédant · French

cédant · rank #23,504 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,504
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crêtes

Nearest frequency peer: crêtes (-1 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 « cédant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cédant » 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).

cédant vs cent
50% similar
cédant vs chant
67% similar
cédant vs ceint
50% similar

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

Key facts for cédant
PropertyValue
Headwordcédant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\se.dɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,504
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cédant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cédantse 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 « crêtes » (#23,503), « céramiques » (#23,505), « CROUS » (#23,502). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cédant » est au #23,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cédant (IPA \se.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,504 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cédant, with forms such as "ccédant", "cdéant", and "cedant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cent", "chant", "ceint", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cédant, spelled C-É-D-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui cède son droit.
  2. 2
    Qui cède, qui fait une concession.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La partie cédante.
  2. Je vois un garçon et une fille, en discussion, confronter d’abord, l’une, un visage trop violent, l’autre une mine trop bornée, puis acquérir tous deux une même expression moyenne, ni trop exigeante, ni trop cédante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccédant
  • cdéant
  • cedant
  • céadnt
  • cédannt
  • cédantt
  • cédatn
  • céddant
  • cédnat
  • écdant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccédant1cdéant2cedant1céadnt2cédannt1cédantt1cédatn2céddant1
Edit distance from "cédant"

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 "cédant"?
"cédant" is spelled C-É-D-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \se.dɑ̃\.
What does "cédant" mean?
As an adjective, "cédant" means: Qui cède son droit.
What words are commonly confused with "cédant"?
"cédant" is commonly confused with "cent", "chant", "ceint". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cédant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cédant" is \se.dɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cédant" come from?
"cédant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crêtes#23,503dirons#23,513church#23,482chiite#23,479

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Daniels10 variantsdingues10 variantsconfesse10 variantsDracula10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list