Which to use
“cédés” is a verb and “codex” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,204
- “cédés” frequency rank
- #26,301
- “codex” frequency rank
- 59505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédés | codex |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe céder. | Recueil des formules pharmaceutiques approuvées par la Faculté de Médecine. |
Where the eye mixes cédés and codex
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 codex is \kɔ.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 59505, 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\. codex is at rank #26,301, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.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 59505, this pair ranks #102,766 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédés vs codex
Shared letters: cd. Private to "cédés": sé. Private to "codex": eox.
"cédés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "codex" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- codex ← ccodex · cdoex · coddex · codexx · codxe · coedx · ocdex