Which to use
“cese” and “cime” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,212
- “cese” frequency rank
- #32,745
- “cime” frequency rank
- 79957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cese | cime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cessation, action de cesser. | Partie la plus haute d’une montagne, d’un rocher, d’un arbre, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cese and cime
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cese and cime follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cese with cime
A purely visual mix-up. cese (\ˈθese\) and cime (\sim\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cese is recorded at frequency rank #47,212, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈθese\. cime is at rank #32,745, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sim\.
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 79957, this pair ranks #22,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cese vs cime
Shared letters: ce. Private to "cese": s. Private to "cime": im.
"cese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cime" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cese" and "cime" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cese" or "cime" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cese" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,059 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cese" and "cime" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE 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 #22,059 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.