Which to use
“cadrer” is a verb and “cèdre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,324
- “cadrer” frequency rank
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- 60832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadrer | cèdre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | S’ajuster à, avoir de la convenance, du rapport. | Espèce d’arbre du genre Cedrus, conifère de grande taille de la famille des Pinacées, aux branches horizontales en plans superposés et à cônes globuleux et dressés, souvent utilisé pour l’ornementation et dont le bois passe pour incorruptible. |
Where the eye mixes cadrer and cèdre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cadrer with cèdre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cadrer is \kɑ.dʁe\ while cèdre is \sɛdʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadrer is recorded at frequency rank #32,324, classified as averb, pronounced \kɑ.dʁe\. cèdre is at rank #28,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛdʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60832, this pair ranks #95,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cadrer vs cèdre
Shared letters: cder. Private to "cadrer": a. Private to "cèdre": è.
"cadrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cadrer ← acdrer · caddrer · caderr · cadrerr · cadrrer · carder · ccadrer · cdarer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cadrer" for "cèdre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cadrer" or "cèdre"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cadrer" and "cèdre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,552 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadrer" and "cèdre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadrer vs carrez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #95,552 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.