Which to use
“cèdre” and “cure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,508
- “cèdre” frequency rank
- #7,048
- “cure” frequency rank
- 35556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cèdre | cure |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Soin, souci. — En ce sens, il est surtout usité dans l’expression : n’avoir cure. |
Where the eye mixes cèdre and cure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cèdre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cure's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cèdre vs cure
A purely visual mix-up. cèdre (\sɛdʁ\) and cure (\kyʁ\) 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 35556, 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\. cure is at rank #7,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kyʁ\.
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 35556, this pair ranks #275,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cèdre vs cure
Shared letters: cer. Private to "cèdre": dè. Private to "cure": u.
"cèdre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cure ← ccure · cuer · curre · ucre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cèdre" and "cure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cèdre" or "cure"?
What to do next
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 "cure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cèdre" and "cure" 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 #275,863 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.