CDGvscesConfusable pair

Quick tell: CDG is a symbol, ces is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#23,794
“CDG” frequency rank
#74
“ces” frequency rank
23868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature CDG ces
Definition Code AITA de l’aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle dans le système de codification international des aéroports. Pluriel de ce et cette.

Letter map: CDG vs ces

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

3 ch
CDG
3 ch
ces

Part-of-speech tell for CDG / ces

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: CDG is asymbol and cesadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

CDG is recorded at frequency rank #23,794, classified as asymbol. ces is at rank #74, tagged as adet, pronounced \se\.

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 23868, this pair ranks #349,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of CDG vs ces

Shared letters: c. Private to "CDG": dg. Private to "ces": es.

"CDG" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "ces" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "CDG" and "ces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "CDG" is a symbol and "ces" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "CDG" or "ces"?
"ces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #74 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "CDG" and "ces".

  • Full dictionary entry for "CDG" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #349,979 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "CDG" and "ces" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CDG". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #349,979 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