Which to use
“cédée” and “cédez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,121
- “cédée” frequency rank
- #47,273
- “cédez” frequency rank
- 77394
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédée | cédez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe céder. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe céder. |
Same sound, different letters: cédée vs cédez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. cédée (CVCVV) and cédez (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - cédée and cédez
This is the hard kind. cédée and cédez 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77394, 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\. cédez is at rank #47,273, 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 77394, this pair ranks #28,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédée vs cédez
Shared letters: cdeé. Private to "cédée": -. Private to "cédez": z.
"cédée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cédez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cédée" and "cédez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cédée" or "cédez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "cédée" / "cédez". 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 "cédez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédée" and "cédez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cédez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #28,498 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.