Which to use
“cédées” and “cédés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,237
- “cédées” frequency rank
- #33,204
- “cédés” frequency rank
- 71441
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédées | cédés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe céder. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe céder. |
Same sound, different letters: cédées vs cédés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cédées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against cédés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cédées / cédés
This is the hard kind. cédées and cédés 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cédées is recorded at frequency rank #38,237, classified as averb, pronounced \se.de\. cédés is at rank #33,204, 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 71441, this pair ranks #47,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédées vs cédés
Shared letters: cdsé. Private to "cédées": e. Private to "cédés": -.
"cédées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "cédés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cédées" for "cédés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cédées" or "cédés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cédés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,533 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédées" and "cédés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédées vs cuvées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #47,533 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.