CDG vs ce, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“CDG” is a symbol and “ce” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,794
“CDG” frequency rank: #25
“ce” frequency rank: 23819
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	CDG	ce
Definition	Code AITA de l’aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle dans le système de codification international des aéroports.	Déterminant utilisé pour mettre en évidence une chose ou une personne dont on a la représentation devant soi. Lorsque l’objet est en nombre multiple ou lorsqu’on veut appuyer encore plus sur ce qu’on veut montrer, on rajoute -ci ou -là (selon la distance) après le nom.

Letter map: CDG vs ce

Shared letters muted; letters that set CDG and ce apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

CDG

2 ch

Grammar separator: CDG vs ce

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CDG is asymbol and ceadeterminer. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CDG is recorded at frequency rank #23,794, classified as asymbol. ce is at rank #25, tagged as adet, pronounced \sə\.

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 23819, this pair ranks #350,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of CDG vs ce

Shared letters: c. Private to "CDG": dg. Private to "ce": e.

"CDG" · 3 letters · shape CCC · "ce" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "CDG" for "ce" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CDG" is a symbol and "ce" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "CDG" vs "ce" - which ranks higher?

"ce" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25 in our French list, against #23,794 for "CDG". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "CDG" and "ce". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "CDG" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #350,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"CDG" and "ce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CDG". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #350,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.