cèdrevsClareWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cèdre is a noun, Clare is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cèdre” is a noun and “Clare” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,508
“cèdre” frequency rank
#30,527
“Clare” frequency rank
59035
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cèdre Clare
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. Bourgade située dans le district de St Edmundsbury, dans le Suffolk, en Angleterre.

Letter map: cèdre vs Clare

Shared letters muted; letters that set cèdre and Clare apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cèdre (CVCCV) and Clare (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cèdre
5 ch
Clare

Grammar separator: cèdre vs Clare

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cèdre is anoun and Clareaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59035, 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\. Clare is at rank #30,527, tagged as aname.

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 59035, this pair ranks #105,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cèdre vs Clare

Shared letters: cer. Private to "cèdre": dè. Private to "Clare": al.

"cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Clare" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Clare ← cclare · clarre · cllare · clrae · lcare

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cèdre" and "Clare" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cèdre" is a noun and "Clare" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cèdre" vs "Clare" - which ranks higher?
"cèdre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,508 in our French list, against #30,527 for "Clare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "cèdre" vs "Clare" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cèdre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Clare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cèdre" and "Clare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Clare vs clavel". 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 #105,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list