CCEvsCICEConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,543
“CCE” frequency rank
#17,374
“CICE” frequency rank
66917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CCE CICE
Definition Organe central de la direction du FLN, créé en 1956, remplacé en 1958 par le GPRA. Dispositif fiscal français, créé en 2013 et supprimé en 2019, qui permettait aux entreprises de bénéficier d’un crédit d’impôt calculé sur la masse salariale, dans le but de soutenir la rémunération globale des salarié·e·s et d’encourager l’investissement, la recherche et l’emploi.

Letter map: CCE vs CICE

Shared letters muted; letters that set CCE and CICE apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
CCE
4 ch
CICE

Role in the sentence - CCE and CICE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CCE is aname and CICEanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CCE is recorded at frequency rank #49,543, classified as aname. CICE is at rank #17,374, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.i.se.ø\.

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 66917, this pair ranks #65,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of CCE vs CICE

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • CICEccice · ccie · cicce · ciec · icce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CCE" for "CICE" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CCE" is a name and "CICE" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "CCE" or "CICE" show up more?
"CICE" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,374 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "CCE" and "CICE".

  • Full dictionary entry for "CCE" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CICE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CCE" and "CICE" 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 #65,717 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