ceder
\θeˈðeɾ\
The verdict
“ceder” is uncommon French (frequency #82,776 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,776
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Céder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ceder · ceder · French
ceder · rank #82,776 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,776
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH catéchumènes
Nearest frequency peer: catéchumènes (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ceder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cataclysmiq…
cataclysmique
17,227 corpus weight
- catéchumènes
catéchumènes
17,226 corpus weight
- ceder
ceder
17,225 corpus weight
- ceinte
ceinte
17,224 corpus weight
- celu
celu
17,223 corpus weight
- centrifugeu…
centrifugeuses
17,222 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ceder” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ceder |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \θeˈðeɾ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “ceder” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
ceder is uncommon French at frequency #82,776 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \θeˈðeɾ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Céder.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ceder in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ceder, spelled C-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Céder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ceder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seducido por la simplicidad de las fórmulas para doblar el oro, José Arcadio Buendía cortejó a Úrsula durante varias semanas, para que le permitiera desenterrar sus monedas coloniales y aumentarlas tantas veces como era posible subdividir el azogue. Úrsula cedió, como ocurría siempre, ante la inquebrantable obstinación de su marido.
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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