caevsCCEWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cae is a verb, CCE is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cae” is a verb and “CCE” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,819
“cae” frequency rank
#49,543
“CCE” frequency rank
93362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cae CCE
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe irrégulier caer. Organe central de la direction du FLN, créé en 1956, remplacé en 1958 par le GPRA.

Letter map: cae vs CCE

Shared letters muted; letters that set cae and CCE apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cae (CVV) and CCE (CCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
cae
3 ch
CCE

Grammar separator: cae vs CCE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cae is averb and CCEaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “cae” becomes c in “CCE”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cae is recorded at frequency rank #43,819, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈka.e\. CCE is at rank #49,543, tagged as aname.

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 93362, this pair ranks #2,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cae vs CCE

Shared letters: ce. Private to "cae": a. Private to "CCE": -.

"cae" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "CCE" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cae" and "CCE" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cae" is a verb and "CCE" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cae" vs "CCE" - which ranks higher?
"cae" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,819 in our French list, against #49,543 for "CCE". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "cae" vs "CCE" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cae" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CCE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cae" and "CCE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CPGE". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list