Which to use
“cessent” and “cessons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,011
- “cessent” frequency rank
- #34,017
- “cessons” frequency rank
- 45028
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cessent | cessons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser. |
Where the eye mixes cessent and cessons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cessent with cessons
A purely visual mix-up. cessent (\sɛs\) and cessons (\sɛ.sɔ̃\) 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 45028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cessent is recorded at frequency rank #11,011, classified as averb, pronounced \sɛs\. cessons is at rank #34,017, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɛ.sɔ̃\.
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 45028, this pair ranks #205,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cessent vs cessons
Shared letters: cens. Private to "cessent": t. Private to "cessons": o.
"cessent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "cessons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cessent" for "cessons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cessent" or "cessons"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cessent" and "cessons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cessent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cessons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cessent" and "cessons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cessant vs cessons". 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 #205,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.