cem

prep

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The verdict

“cem” is uncommon French (frequency #55,803 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,803
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Auprès de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cem · cem · French

cem · rank #55,803 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,803
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cendrée

Nearest frequency peer: cendrée (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cem »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cem » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cem
PropertyValue
Headwordcem
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPreposition
Letters3
Frequency rank#55,803
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cem » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cemtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cendrée » (#55,804), « casta » (#55,801), « cerro » (#55,805). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cem » est au #55,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cem is uncommon French at frequency #55,803 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cem, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cem, spelled C-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Auprès de.
  2. 2
    Près de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Were cem min : viens près de moi.
  2. Şivan li cem mîhên xwe ye : le berger est auprès de ses brebis.

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 "cem"?
"cem" is spelled C-E-M.
What does "cem" mean?
As a preposition, "cem" means: Auprès de.
What language does "cem" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bry#55,792BCG#55,770APN#55,744APF#55,743

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list