The cedilla is a graphic sign used under the letter ç. has the sound of ss (two s) and looks like this: “ç”. It can never start words and is always used before vowels The, O and u.
The letter ç, in turn, is always used before the vowels and and i. For example: rye, peraltice, tense, belt.
Check the list of words with cedilla:
Words of Arabic, Indigenous or African origin
- saffron
- açaí
- butchery
- sugar
- lily
- weir
- arrack
- liquor
- youngest
- Iguazu
- beads
- Muslim
- peanut candy
- Paiçandu
- Paraguay
Words formed from suffixes -a CA, -steel, hoist, -hose, -uh
- heartiness
- tiredness
- greed
- cup
- toothy
- toothy
- hope
- prod
- smoke
- justice
- laziness
- brittle
- fuss
- disappearance
- windowpane
Nouns derived from verbs that change the r by the suffix -dog
- appreciation (appreciate)
- assignment (assign)
- consideration (consider)
- continued (continue)
- deliberation (deliberate)
- designation (designate)
- emulation (emulate)
- stagnation (stagnate)
- exhortation (exhort)
- dispatch (ship)
- export (export)
- inspiration (inspire)
- interaction (interact)
- observation (observe)
- resignation (resign)
Nouns derived from action verbs ending in -ar
- alienation (alienation)
- song (sing)
- consolidation (consolidate)
- degradation (degrade)
- discrimination (discriminate)
- dissemination (disseminate)
- speculation (specular)
- exception (except)
- explanation (explain)
- inquiry (inquire)
- intention (intent)
- re-education (re-educate)
- relationship (relate)
- retaliation (retaliate)
- rectification (rectify)
Nouns derived from nouns ending in -ter, -tivo, and -tor
- absolution (absolve)
- affirmation (affirmative)
- assertion (assertive)
- containment (contain)
- detention (hold)
- infraction (offender)
- intuition (intuitive)
- maintenance (maintain)
- get (get)
- prohibition (prohibitive)
- writing (editor)
- relationship (relative)
- retention (retain)
- section (sector)
- traction (tractor)
Words with sound of s after diphthong
- influx
- framework
- lip
- pothole
- dungeon
- Conception
- election
- feature
- insurrection
- dishware
- I hear
- snack
- betrayal
Read too:
- Lexical Notations
- Use of s and z
- Orthography
- English errors
- Spelling Exercises