CCEvscureWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49,543
“CCE” frequency rank
#7,048
“cure” frequency rank
56591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CCE cure
Definition Organe central de la direction du FLN, créé en 1956, remplacé en 1958 par le GPRA. Soin, souci. — En ce sens, il est surtout usité dans l’expression : n’avoir cure.

Letter map: CCE vs cure

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

3 ch
CCE
4 ch
cure

Grammar separator: CCE vs cure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CCE is aname and cureanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CCE is recorded at frequency rank #49,543, classified as aname. cure is at rank #7,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyʁ\.

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 56591, this pair ranks #120,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of CCE vs cure

Shared letters: ce. Private to "CCE": -. Private to "cure": ru.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cure ← ccure · cuer · curre · ucre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CCE" for "cure" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CCE" is a name and "cure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "CCE" or "cure"?
"cure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,048 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 "CCE" vs "cure" 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 "cure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #120,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CCE" and "cure" 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 #120,140 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