Which to use
“cèdre” and “cèdres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- #41,212
- “cèdres” frequency rank
- 69720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cèdre | cèdres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Pluriel de cèdre |
Same sound, different letters: cèdre vs cèdres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cèdre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cèdres's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cèdre vs cèdres
This is the hard kind. cèdre and cèdres are pronounced identically (\sɛdʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cèdre” sits inside “cèdres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cèdre is recorded at frequency rank #28,508, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɛdʁ\. cèdres is at rank #41,212, 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 69720, this pair ranks #54,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cèdre vs cèdres
Shared letters: cderè. Private to "cèdre": -. Private to "cèdres": s.
"cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cèdres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cèdre" for "cèdres" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cèdre" or "cèdres"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,079 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cèdre" and "cèdres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédez vs cèdres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #54,079 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.