cedar
\ˈsi.də\
The verdict
“cedar” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #48,975 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #48,975
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cèdre.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cedar |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈsi.də\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #48,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cedar” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cedar is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈsi.də\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,975 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cedar, with forms such as "ccedar", "cdear", and "ceadr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cer", "cela", "char", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cedar, spelled C-E-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Cèdre.
- 2Un conifère de la famille des Cupressaceae, en particulier le genre Juniperus, Cupressus, Calocedrus, ou Thuja.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccedar,cdear,ceadr,cedarr,ceddar,cedra,ecdar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cedar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “cedar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-E-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈsi.də\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cer” - see the side-by-side comparison. cedar vs cer
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.