Which to use
“cédés” and “cédez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,204
- “cédés” frequency rank
- #47,273
- “cédez” frequency rank
- 80477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédés | cédez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe céder. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe céder. |
Same sound, different letters: cédés vs cédez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters. cédés and cédez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - cédés and cédez
This is the hard kind. cédés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80477, 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\. 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 80477, this pair ranks #20,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédés vs cédez
Shared letters: cdé. Private to "cédés": s. Private to "cédez": ez.
"cédés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cédez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cédés" and "cédez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cédés" vs "cédez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"cédés" and "cédez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédés" 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 #20,815 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédés" and "cédez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cédez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,815 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.