Which to use
“cèdre” and “cidre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- #16,832
- “cidre” frequency rank
- 45340
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cèdre | cidre |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Boisson faite par fermentation alcoolique de jus de pommes pressurées. |
Where the eye mixes cèdre and cidre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cèdre and cidre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cèdre and cidre
A purely visual mix-up. cèdre (\sɛdʁ\) and cidre (\sidʁ\) 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 a single letter - è in “cèdre” becomes i in “cidre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45340, 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\. cidre is at rank #16,832, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sidʁ\.
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 45340, this pair ranks #203,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cèdre vs cidre
Shared letters: cder. Private to "cèdre": è. Private to "cidre": i.
"cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cidre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cidre ← ccidre · cdire · ciddre · cider · cidrre · cirde · icdre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cèdre" and "cidre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cèdre" vs "cidre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "cidre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cèdre" and "cidre" 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 #203,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.