celivsceuxTell them apart

Which to use

“celi” and “ceux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,778
“celi” frequency rank
#175
“ceux” frequency rank
47953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature celi ceux
Definition Celui. Masculin pluriel de celui.

Letter map: celi vs ceux

Shared letters muted; letters that set celi and ceux apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
celi
4 ch
ceux

Corpus notes: celi and ceux

celi and ceux are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

celi is recorded at frequency rank #47,778, classified as apron. ceux is at rank #175, tagged as apron, pronounced \sø\.

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 47953, this pair ranks #182,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of celi vs ceux

Shared letters: ce. Private to "celi": il. Private to "ceux": ux.

"celi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "ceux" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • celicceli · celli · clei · ecli
  • ceuxcceux · ceuxx · cexu · cuex · ecux

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "celi" and "ceux" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "celi" or "ceux"?
"ceux" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #175 in our French list, against #47,778 for "celi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "celi" and "ceux".

  • Full dictionary entry for "celi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ceux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #182,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "celi" and "ceux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "celi vs cese". 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 #182,840 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