cédéesvscréésWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“cédées” and “créés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,237
“cédées” frequency rank
#6,489
“créés” frequency rank
44726
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cédées créés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe céder. Participe passé masculin pluriel de créer.

Where the eye mixes cédées and créés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cédées
5 ch
créés

Why the eye confuses cédées with créés

A purely visual mix-up. cédées (\se.de\) and créés (\kʁe.e\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44726, 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\. créés is at rank #6,489, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁe.e\.

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 44726, this pair ranks #208,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cédées vs créés

Shared letters: csé. Private to "cédées": de. Private to "créés": r.

"cédées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "créés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cédées" and "créés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\se.de\ versus \kʁe.e\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cédées" vs "créés" - which ranks higher?
"créés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,489 in our French list, against #38,237 for "cédées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "créés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #208,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cédées" and "créés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédées vs cuvées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #208,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list