Which to use
“cédée” and “cédées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,121
- “cédée” frequency rank
- #38,237
- “cédées” frequency rank
- 68358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédée | cédées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe céder. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe céder. |
Same sound, different letters: cédée vs cédées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cédée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cédées's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cédée vs cédées
This is the hard kind. cédée and cédées are pronounced identically (\se.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cédée” sits inside “cédées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cédée is recorded at frequency rank #30,121, classified as averb, pronounced \se.de\. cédées is at rank #38,237, tagged as averb, pronounced \se.de\.
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 68358, this pair ranks #59,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédée vs cédées
Shared letters: cdeé. Private to "cédée": -. Private to "cédées": s.
"cédée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cédées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cédée" for "cédées" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "cédée" / "cédées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cédées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,510 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédée" and "cédées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédées vs cuvées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,510 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.