cessez-le-feu
\sɛ.se l(ə) fø\
The verdict
“cessez-le-feu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En guerre, une interruption des hostilités.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cessez-le-feu · cessez-le-feu · French
cessez-le-feu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cessez-le-feu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛ.se l(ə) fø\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cessez-le-feu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cessez-le-feu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛ.se l(ə) fø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En guerre, une interruption des hostilités.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cessez-le-feu, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cessez-le-feu, spelled C-E-S-S-E-Z---L-E---F-E-U.
Definition
- 1En guerre, une interruption des hostilités.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cessez-le-feu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Président a qualifié d’« hypothétique » la possibilité de démilitariser Quemoy et Matsu en échange d'un cessez-le-feu, néanmoins il a reconnu que c'était théoriquement envisagé par la diplomatie américaine.
De la trêve au cessez-le-feu, jusqu’à la paix
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.