Which to use
“casement” is a noun and “clement” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,570
- “casement” frequency rank
- #16,436
- “clement” frequency rank
- 59006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casement | clement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A window sash that is hinged on the side. | Lenient or merciful; charitable. |
Letter map: casement vs clement
Shared letters muted; letters that set casement and clement apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. casement runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against clement's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for casement / clement
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: casement is anoun and clementanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casement is recorded at frequency rank #42,570, classified as anoun. clement is at rank #16,436, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈklɛmənt/.
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 59006, this pair ranks #108,882 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casement vs clement
Shared letters: cemnt. Private to "casement": as. Private to "clement": l.
"casement" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "clement" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casement" and "clement" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "casement" or "clement" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "casement" and "clement".
- Full dictionary entry for "casement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #108,882 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casement" and "clement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casement vs cement". 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 #108,882 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.