Which to use
“cese” and “crête” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,212
- “cese” frequency rank
- #11,944
- “crête” frequency rank
- 59156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cese | crête |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cessation, action de cesser. | Excroissance charnue que les coqs et quelques autres gallinacés ont sur leur tête. |
Where the eye mixes cese and crête
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cese runs 4 letters (CVCV) against crête's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cese vs crête
A purely visual mix-up. cese (\ˈθese\) and crête (\kʁɛt\) 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 59156, 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\. crête is at rank #11,944, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁɛt\.
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 59156, this pair ranks #104,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cese vs crête
Shared letters: ce. Private to "cese": s. Private to "crête": rtê.
"cese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "crête" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cese ← ccese · cees · csee · ecse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cese" and "crête" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cese" vs "crête" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "crête" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,739 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cese" and "crête" 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 #104,739 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.