Which to use
“cédées” is a verb and “cèdres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,237
- “cédées” frequency rank
- #41,212
- “cèdres” frequency rank
- 79449
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédées | cèdres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe céder. | Pluriel de cèdre |
Where the eye mixes cédées and cèdres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cédées (CVCVVC) and cèdres (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cédées and cèdres
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cédées is \se.de\ while cèdres is \sɛdʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79449, 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\. cèdres is at rank #41,212, 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 79449, this pair ranks #23,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédées vs cèdres
Shared letters: cdes. Private to "cédées": é. Private to "cèdres": rè.
"cédées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "cèdres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cédées" and "cèdres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cédées" vs "cèdres" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédées" and "cèdres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédez vs cèdres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #23,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.