cesevsCSUTell them apart

Which to use

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

#47,212
“cese” frequency rank
#37,262
“CSU” frequency rank
84474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cese CSU
Definition Cessation, action de cesser. Centre de supervision urbain : salle ou bâtiment équipé d’écrans affichant en direct les images filmées par des caméras de vidéosurveillance, qui peuvent parfois être manipulées à distance.

Letter map: cese vs CSU

Shared letters muted; letters that set cese and CSU apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
cese
3 ch
CSU

Corpus notes: cese and CSU

cese and CSU 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84474, 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\. CSU is at rank #37,262, tagged as anoun.

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 84474, this pair ranks #12,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cese vs CSU

Shared letters: cs. Private to "cese": e. Private to "CSU": u.

"cese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "CSU" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ceseccese · cees · csee · ecse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cese" for "CSU" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "cese" or "CSU"?
"CSU" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,262 in our French list, against #47,212 for "cese". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cese" and "CSU".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cese" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CSU" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,945 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cese" and "CSU" 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 #12,945 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