Which to use
“cidre” and “cire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,832
- “cidre” frequency rank
- #9,617
- “cire” frequency rank
- 26449
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cidre | cire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boisson faite par fermentation alcoolique de jus de pommes pressurées. | Ester d'éthylène glycol et d'acides gras. |
Where the eye mixes cidre and cire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cidre with cire
A purely visual mix-up. cidre (\sidʁ\) and cire (\siʁ\) 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 26449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cidre is recorded at frequency rank #16,832, classified as anoun, pronounced \sidʁ\. cire is at rank #9,617, tagged as anoun, pronounced \siʁ\.
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 26449, this pair ranks #334,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cidre vs cire
Shared letters: ceir. Private to "cidre": d. Private to "cire": -.
"cidre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cire" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cidre" and "cire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cidre" or "cire" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cidre" and "cire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cidre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cidre" and "cire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cidre vs ciro". 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 #334,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.