Which to use
“cedar” and “cèdre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,975
- “cedar” frequency rank
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- 77483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cedar | cèdre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cèdre. | Espèce d’arbre du genre Cedrus, conifère de grande taille de la famille des Pinacées, aux branches horizontales en plans superposés et à cônes globuleux et dressés, souvent utilisé pour l’ornementation et dont le bois passe pour incorruptible. |
Where the eye mixes cedar and cèdre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cedar and cèdre
A purely visual mix-up. cedar (\ˈsi.də\) and cèdre (\sɛdʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cedar is recorded at frequency rank #48,975, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈsi.də\. cèdre is at rank #28,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛdʁ\.
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 77483, this pair ranks #28,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cedar vs cèdre
Shared letters: cder. Private to "cedar": a. Private to "cèdre": è.
"cedar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cedar ← ccedar · cdear · ceadr · cedarr · ceddar · cedra · ecdar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cedar" for "cèdre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cedar" or "cèdre" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cedar" and "cèdre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cedar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,225 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cedar" and "cèdre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cédez". 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 #28,225 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.