CCEvsceciWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#49,543
“CCE” frequency rank
#959
“ceci” frequency rank
50502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CCE ceci
Definition Organe central de la direction du FLN, créé en 1956, remplacé en 1958 par le GPRA. Pronom démonstratif neutre désignant un objet situé à proximité de la personne qui parle ou une image située à proximité du mot.

Letter map: CCE vs ceci

Shared letters muted; letters that set CCE and ceci apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. CCE runs 3 letters (CCV) against ceci's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
CCE
4 ch
ceci

Grammar separator: CCE vs ceci

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CCE is aname and ceciapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CCE is recorded at frequency rank #49,543, classified as aname. ceci is at rank #959, tagged as apron, pronounced \sə.si\.

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 50502, this pair ranks #162,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of CCE vs ceci

Shared letters: ce. Private to "CCE": -. Private to "ceci": i.

"CCE" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "ceci" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ceci ← cceci · ccei · cecci · ceic · ecci

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "CCE" and "ceci" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CCE" is a name and "ceci" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "CCE" or "ceci" show up more?
"ceci" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #959 in our French list, against #49,543 for "CCE". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "CCE" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ceci" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #162,143 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CCE" and "ceci" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CPGE". 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 #162,143 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