cedex

\se.dɛks\

/\se.dɛks\/ noun

The verdict

“cedex” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,139. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,139
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Courrier d’entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle. Cette mention apposée sur un courrier en France indique que celui-ci doit être distribué par un réseau spécialisé dans le transport du courrier ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-cedex · cedex · French

cedex · rank #24,139 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,139
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CARDS

Nearest frequency peer: CARDS (-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 « cedex »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cedex » 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).

cedex vs CEE
0% similar
cedex vs ceux
60% similar
cedex vs code
60% similar

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

Key facts for cedex
PropertyValue
Headwordcedex
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.dɛks\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,139
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cedex »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cedexse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « CARDS » (#24,138), « cafards » (#24,137), « Chamonix » (#24,141). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cedex » est au #24,139. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cedex (IPA \se.dɛks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,139 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Courrier d’entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle. Cette mention apposée sur un courrier en France indique que celui-ci doit être distribué par un réseau spécialisé dans le transport du courrier ...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cedex, with forms such as "ccedex", "cdeex", and "ceddex". 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, "CEE", "ceux", "code", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cedex, spelled C-E-D-E-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Courrier d’entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle. Cette mention apposée sur un courrier en France indique que celui-ci doit être distribué par un réseau spécialisé dans le transport du courrier aux entreprises et aux organismes administratifs.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 83166 Toulon Cedex 9 est l'adresse postale de la MGEN du Var.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccedex
  • cdeex
  • ceddex
  • cedexx
  • cedxe
  • ceedx
  • ecdex

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cedex - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccedex1cdeex2ceddex1cedexx1cedxe2ceedx2ecdex2
Edit distance from "cedex"

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 "cedex"?
"cedex" is spelled C-E-D-E-X. The IPA pronunciation is \se.dɛks\.
What does "cedex" mean?
As a noun, "cedex" means: Courrier d’entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle. Cette mention apposée sur un courrier en France indique que celui-ci doit être distribué par un réseau spécialisé dans le transport du courrier ...
What words are commonly confused with "cedex"?
"cedex" is commonly confused with "CEE", "ceux", "code". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cedex"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cedex" is \se.dɛks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cedex" come from?
"cedex" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list