Which to use
“cédées” and “cédez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,237
- “cédées” frequency rank
- #47,273
- “cédez” frequency rank
- 85510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédées | cédez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe céder. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe céder. |
Same sound, different letters: cédées vs cédez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. cédées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against cédez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cédées / cédez
This is the hard kind. cédées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85510, 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\. 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 85510, this pair ranks #11,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédées vs cédez
Shared letters: cdeé. Private to "cédées": s. Private to "cédez": z.
"cédées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "cédez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cédées" and "cédez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cédées" or "cédez" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "cédées" / "cédez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédées" 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 #11,256 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédées" and "cédez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cédez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #11,256 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.