cecvsCEDHTell them apart

Quick tell: cec is a adjective, CEDH is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cec” is an adjective and “CEDH” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,636
“cec” frequency rank
#22,198
“CEDH” frequency rank
68834
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cec CEDH
Definition Aveugle. Juridiction internationale instituée en 1959 par le Conseil de l’Europe ayant pour mission d’assurer le respect des engagements souscrits par les États signataires de la Convention européenne des droits de l’homme.

Where the eye mixes cec and CEDH

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
cec
4 ch
CEDH

Why the eye confuses cec with CEDH

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cec is \ˈsek\ while CEDH is \se.ø.de.aʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cec is recorded at frequency rank #46,636, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈsek\. CEDH is at rank #22,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.ø.de.aʃ\.

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 68834, this pair ranks #57,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cec vs CEDH

Shared letters: ce. Private to "cec": -. Private to "CEDH": dh.

"cec" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "CEDH" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • CEDHccedh · cdeh · ceddh · cedhh · cehd · ecdh

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cec" for "CEDH" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cec" is an adjective and "CEDH" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cec" or "CEDH"?
"CEDH" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,198 in our French list, against #46,636 for "cec". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "cec" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CEDH" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cec" and "CEDH" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs cec". 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 #57,498 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