Which to use
“cédées” is a verb and “cendres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,237
- “cédées” frequency rank
- #7,409
- “cendres” frequency rank
- 45646
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédées | cendres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe céder. | Pluriel de cendre. |
Where the eye mixes cédées and cendres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cédées and cendres
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cédées is \se.de\ while cendres is \sɑ̃dʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45646, 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\. cendres is at rank #7,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃dʁ\.
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 45646, this pair ranks #201,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cédées vs cendres
Shared letters: cdes. Private to "cédées": é. Private to "cendres": nr.
"cédées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "cendres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cendres ← ccendres · cednres · cenddres · cenders · cendress · cendrres · cendrse · cenndres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cédées" and "cendres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cédées" vs "cendres" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cédées" and "cendres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cendres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédées" and "cendres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédées vs cuvées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #201,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.