caivsCCEWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#46,045
“cai” frequency rank
#49,543
“CCE” frequency rank
95588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cai CCE
Definition Bien, affaire, objet, chose, fortune. Organe central de la direction du FLN, créé en 1956, remplacé en 1958 par le GPRA.

Letter map: cai vs CCE

Shared letters muted; letters that set cai and CCE apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. cai (CVV) and CCE (CCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
cai
3 ch
CCE

Role in the sentence - cai and CCE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cai is anoun and CCEaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cai is recorded at frequency rank #46,045, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaj\. 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 95588, this pair ranks #1,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cai vs CCE

Shared letters: c. Private to "cai": ai. Private to "CCE": e.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cai" for "CCE" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cai" is a noun and "CCE" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cai" vs "CCE" - which ranks higher?
"cai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,045 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cai" 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 #1,034 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cai" and "CCE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CPGE". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,034 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