Which to use
“cèdre” and “centre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- #344
- “centre” frequency rank
- 28852
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cèdre | centre |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Point qui, dans un cercle ou une sphère, est à égale distance de tous les points de la circonférence de ce cercle ou de la surface de cette sphère. |
Where the eye mixes cèdre and centre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cèdre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against centre's 6 (CVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cèdre vs centre
A purely visual mix-up. cèdre (\sɛdʁ\) and centre (\sɑ̃tʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28852, 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\. centre is at rank #344, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɑ̃tʁ\.
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 28852, this pair ranks #320,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cèdre vs centre
Shared letters: cer. Private to "cèdre": dè. Private to "centre": nt.
"cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "centre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- centre ← ccentre · cenntre · cenrte · centrre · centtre · cetnre · cnetre · ecntre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cèdre" for "centre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cèdre" vs "centre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "centre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,262 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cèdre" and "centre" 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 #320,262 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.