cégep

\se.ʒɛp\

/\se.ʒɛp\/ noun

The verdict

“cégep” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,351
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établissement d’enseignement collégial où est offerte une formation technique et pré-universitaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cegep · cégep · French

cégep · rank #12,351 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,351
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cubes

Nearest frequency peer: cubes (-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 « cégep »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cégep » 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).

cégep vs cep
60% similar
cégep vs cese
40% similar
cégep vs CPGE
0% similar

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

Key facts for cégep
PropertyValue
Headwordcégep
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ʒɛp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,351
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cégep »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cégepse 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 « cubes » (#12,350), « diffère » (#12,352), « crèche » (#12,349). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cégep » est au #12,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cégep (IPA \se.ʒɛp\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,351 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Établissement d’enseignement collégial où est offerte une formation technique et pré-universitaire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cégep, with forms such as "ccégep", "cegep", and "cgéep". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cep", "cese", "CPGE", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cégep, spelled C-É-G-E-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établissement d’enseignement collégial où est offerte une formation technique et pré-universitaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Simon va réussir ses examens, cela va le revaloriser, et au cégep, il se sentira traité en adulte.
  2. Pour ne plus avoir de « danke schön » à dire au Führer familial, dès la fin du cégep, il avait fait une croix gammée sur les études universitaires et était rentré dans la police.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccégep
  • cegep
  • cgéep
  • céegp
  • cégepp
  • céggep
  • cégpe
  • écgep

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cégep - 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.

ccégep1cegep1cgéep2céegp2cégepp1céggep1cégpe2écgep2
Edit distance from "cégep"

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 "cégep"?
"cégep" is spelled C-É-G-E-P. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ʒɛp\.
What does "cégep" mean?
As a noun, "cégep" means: Établissement d’enseignement collégial où est offerte une formation technique et pré-universitaire.
What words are commonly confused with "cégep"?
"cégep" is commonly confused with "cep", "cese", "CPGE". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cégep"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cégep" is \se.ʒɛp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cégep" come from?
"cégep" 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 "cégep", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list