Use of c cedilla

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

  1. saffron
  2. açaí
  3. butchery
  4. sugar
  5. lily
  6. weir
  7. arrack
  8. liquor
  9. youngest
  10. Iguazu
  11. beads
  12. Muslim
  13. peanut candy
  14. Paiçandu
  15. Paraguay

Words formed from suffixes -a CA, -steel, hoist, -hose, -uh

  1. heartiness
  2. tiredness
  3. greed
  4. cup
  5. toothy
  6. toothy
  7. hope
  8. prod
  9. smoke
  10. justice
  11. laziness
  12. brittle
  13. fuss
  14. disappearance
  15. windowpane

Nouns derived from verbs that change the r by the suffix -dog

  1. appreciation (appreciate)
  2. assignment (assign)
  3. consideration (consider)
  4. continued (continue)
  5. deliberation (deliberate)
  6. designation (designate)
  7. emulation (emulate)
  8. stagnation (stagnate)
  9. exhortation (exhort)
  10. dispatch (ship)
  11. export (export)
  12. inspiration (inspire)
  13. interaction (interact)
  14. observation (observe)
  15. resignation (resign)

Nouns derived from action verbs ending in -ar

  1. alienation (alienation)
  2. song (sing)
  3. consolidation (consolidate)
  4. degradation (degrade)
  5. discrimination (discriminate)
  6. dissemination (disseminate)
  7. speculation (specular)
  8. exception (except)
  9. explanation (explain)
  10. inquiry (inquire)
  11. intention (intent)
  12. re-education (re-educate)
  13. relationship (relate)
  14. retaliation (retaliate)
  15. rectification (rectify)

Nouns derived from nouns ending in -ter, -tivo, and -tor

  1. absolution (absolve)
  2. affirmation (affirmative)
  3. assertion (assertive)
  4. containment (contain)
  5. detention (hold)
  6. infraction (offender)
  7. intuition (intuitive)
  8. maintenance (maintain)
  9. get (get)
  10. prohibition (prohibitive)
  11. writing (editor)
  12. relationship (relative)
  13. retention (retain)
  14. section (sector)
  15. traction (tractor)

Words with sound of s after diphthong

  1. influx
  2. framework
  3. lip
  4. pothole
  5. dungeon
  6. Conception
  7. election
  8. feature
  9. insurrection
  10. dishware
  11. I hear
  12. snack
  13. betrayal

Read too:

  • Lexical Notations
  • Use of s and z
  • Orthography
  • English errors
  • Spelling Exercises

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