césure

\se.zyʁ\

/\se.zyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“césure” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,409
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coupure d’un vers. Sorte de repos qui est placé en des endroits différents selon la nature des vers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cesure · césure · French

césure · rank #44,409 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,409
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cutanés

Nearest frequency peer: cutanés (-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 « césure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « césure » 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).

césure vs cure
67% similar
césure vs cese
50% similar
césure vs cesse
50% similar

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

Key facts for césure
PropertyValue
Headwordcésure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.zyʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#44,409
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « césure »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).césurese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cutanés » (#44,408), « daphne » (#44,410), « curly » (#44,407). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « césure » est au #44,409. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around césure (IPA \se.zyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,409 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for césure, with forms such as "ccésure", "cesure", and "cséure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cure", "cese", "cesse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is césure, spelled C-É-S-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coupure d’un vers. Sorte de repos qui est placé en des endroits différents selon la nature des vers.
  2. 2
    Syllabe qui finit un mot et commence un pied.
  3. 3
    Rupture d’un mot en fin de ligne.
  4. 4
    Espace laissé entre différents éléments.
  5. 5
    Cassure d’un brin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. …car pour y adapter sa musique, la jeune artiste en avait brisé les césures par quelques modifications qui pourraient étonner les admirateurs de la correction, souvent trop savante, de ce poète.
  2. La césure permet d’atténuer les irrégularités le long des marges ou en alignement justifié, de réduire les espaces insérés entre chaque mot.

Synonyms

coupure de mot

This word in other languages

caesura(English)hifenização(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccésure
  • cesure
  • cséure
  • césrue
  • céssure
  • césuer
  • césurre
  • céusre
  • écsure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of césure - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccésure1cesure1cséure2césrue2céssure1césuer2césurre1céusre2
Edit distance from "césure"

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 "césure"?
"césure" is spelled C-É-S-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.zyʁ\.
What does "césure" mean?
As a noun, "césure" means: Coupure d’un vers. Sorte de repos qui est placé en des endroits différents selon la nature des vers.
What words are commonly confused with "césure"?
"césure" is commonly confused with "cure", "cese", "cesse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "césure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "césure" is \se.zyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "césure" come from?
"césure" 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 "césure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

daphne#44,410dengue#44,413diktat#44,419draine#44,427

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

embrase9 variantsClaudie9 variantscernée9 variantscarène9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list