Which to use
“cèdre” and “cendres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- #7,409
- “cendres” frequency rank
- 35917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cèdre | cendres |
|---|---|---|
| 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 cendre. |
Where the eye mixes cèdre and cendres
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cèdre and cendres
A purely visual mix-up. cèdre (\sɛdʁ\) and cendres (\sɑ̃dʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35917, 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\. cendres is at rank #7,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃dʁ\.
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 35917, this pair ranks #273,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cèdre vs cendres
Shared letters: cder. Private to "cèdre": è. Private to "cendres": ns.
"cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cendres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cendres ← ccendres · cednres · cenddres · cenders · cendress · cendrres · cendrse · cenndres
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cèdre" and "cendres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cèdre" vs "cendres" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cendres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #273,267 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cèdre" and "cendres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cedar vs cèdre". 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 #273,267 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.