Which to use
“cédés” is a verb and “cedex” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,204
- “cédés” frequency rank
- #24,139
- “cedex” frequency rank
- 57343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédés | cedex |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe céder. | Courrier d’entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle. Cette mention apposée sur un courrier en France indique que celui-ci doit être distribué par un réseau spécialisé dans le transport du courrier aux entreprises et aux organismes administratifs. |
Where the eye mixes cédés and cedex
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cédés is \se.de\ while cedex is \se.dɛks\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 57343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cédés is recorded at frequency rank #33,204, classified as averb, pronounced \se.de\. cedex is at rank #24,139, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.dɛks\.
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 57343, this pair ranks #115,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cédés vs cedex
Shared letters: cd. Private to "cédés": sé. Private to "cedex": ex.
"cédés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cedex" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cedex ← ccedex · cdeex · ceddex · cedexx · cedxe · ceedx · ecdex