Which to use
“cédez” is a verb and “cèdre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,273
- “cédez” frequency rank
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- 75781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cédez | cèdre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe céder. | Espèce d’arbre du genre Cedrus, conifère de grande taille de la famille des Pinacées, aux branches horizontales en plans superposés et à cônes globuleux et dressés, souvent utilisé pour l’ornementation et dont le bois passe pour incorruptible. |
Where the eye mixes cédez and cèdre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cédez (CVCVC) and cèdre (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cédez and cèdre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cédez is \se.de\ while cèdre is \sɛdʁ\. 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 75781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cédez is recorded at frequency rank #47,273, classified as averb, pronounced \se.de\. cèdre is at rank #28,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɛdʁ\.
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 75781, this pair ranks #33,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cédez vs cèdre
Shared letters: cde. Private to "cédez": zé. Private to "cèdre": rè.
"cédez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cédez" and "cèdre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cédez" or "cèdre"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cédez" and "cèdre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cédez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cédez" and "cèdre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cédez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #33,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.