Which to use
“cédés” and “cites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,204
- “cédés” frequency rank
- #28,100
- “cites” frequency rank
- 61304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédés | cites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe céder. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe citer. |
Where the eye mixes cédés and cites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cédés and cites follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cédés vs cites
A purely visual mix-up. cédés (\se.de\) and cites (\sit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61304, 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\. cites is at rank #28,100, tagged as averb, pronounced \sit\.
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 61304, this pair ranks #92,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédés vs cites
Shared letters: cs. Private to "cédés": dé. Private to "cites": eit.
"cédés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cites" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cites ← ccites · ciets · citess · citse · cittes · cties · ictes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cédés" and "cites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cédés" or "cites" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cédés" and "cites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #92,978 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédés" and "cites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cédés". 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 #92,978 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.