Which to use
“cédés” and “créés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,204
- “cédés” frequency rank
- #6,489
- “créés” frequency rank
- 39693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédés | créés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe céder. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de créer. |
Where the eye mixes cédés and créés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. cédés (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39693, 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\. 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 39693, this pair ranks #246,092 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cédés vs créés
Shared letters: csé. Private to "cédés": d. Private to "créés": r.
"cédés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "créés" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC