cessez

\sɛ.se\

/\sɛ.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“cessez” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,129
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cessez · cessez · French

cessez · rank #9,129 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,129
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Carlo

Nearest frequency peer: Carlo (-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 « cessez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cessez » 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).

cessez vs Cissé
33% similar
cessez vs cosse
67% similar
cessez vs chassez
71% similar

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

Key facts for cessez
PropertyValue
Headwordcessez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sɛ.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,129
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cessez »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cessezse 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 « Carlo » (#9,128), « chaises » (#9,130), « cachent » (#9,127). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cessez » est au #9,129. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cessez (IPA \sɛ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,129 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cessez, with forms such as "ccessez", "cesesz", and "cesez". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "Cissé", "cosse", "chassez", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cessez, spelled C-E-S-S-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif du verbe cesser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cessez de faire le cabouit !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccessez
  • cesesz
  • cesez
  • cessezz
  • cessze
  • csesez
  • ecssez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cessez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccessez1cesesz2cesez1cessezz1cessze2csesez2ecssez2
Edit distance from "cessez"

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 "cessez"?
"cessez" is spelled C-E-S-S-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ.se\.
What does "cessez" mean?
As a verb, "cessez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser.
What words are commonly confused with "cessez"?
"cessez" is commonly confused with "Cissé", "cosse", "chassez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cessez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cessez" is \sɛ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cessez" come from?
"cessez" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bétail#9,126ciment#9,134dallas#9,145abrite#9,106

Similar misspelling depth

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

doyen7 variantsvivez7 variantsvisée7 variantsVannes7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list