caissier

\kɛ.sje\

/\kɛ.sje\/ noun

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The verdict

“caissier” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,653
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui tient la caisse chez un banquier, chez un négociant, ou dans une administration, dans un établissement public, dans un supermarché ^([1 & 2]).

Corpus desk

Index FR-caissier · caissier · French

caissier · rank #26,653 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,653
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH C2

Nearest frequency peer: C2 (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « caissier »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « caissier » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caissier vs casser
75% similar
caissier vs casier
75% similar
caissier vs cassie
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caissier
PropertyValue
Headwordcaissier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ.sje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,653
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caissier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.caissierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « C2 » (#26,652), « calendriers » (#26,654), « Byzance » (#26,651). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caissier » est au #26,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around caissier (IPA \kɛ.sje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,653 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for caissier, with forms such as "acissier", "caisier", and "caisiser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "casser", "casier", "cassie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is caissier, spelled C-A-I-S-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui tient la caisse chez un banquier, chez un négociant, ou dans une administration, dans un établissement public, dans un supermarché ^([1 & 2]).
  2. 2
    Personne qui fabrique des caisses ^([2]).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how caissier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Parallèlement au DEA à Paris 7 (aujourd'hui on dirait Master 2), j'occupais à mi-temps le travail de caissier en hypermarché
  2. Untel est le caissier de cette banque. Un caissier du Trésor.

Synonyms

hôte de caisse

This word in other languages

cashier(English)cajero(Español)Kassierer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acissier
  • caisier
  • caisiser
  • caisseir
  • caissierr
  • caissire
  • casisier
  • ccaissier
  • ciassier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caissier - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acissier2caisier1caisiser2caisseir2caissierr1caissire2casisier2ccaissier1
Edit distance from "caissier"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caissier"?
"caissier" is spelled C-A-I-S-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ.sje\.
What does "caissier" mean?
As a noun, "caissier" means: Personne qui tient la caisse chez un banquier, chez un négociant, ou dans une administration, dans un établissement public, dans un supermarché ^([1 & 2]).
What words are commonly confused with "caissier"?
"caissier" is commonly confused with "casser", "casier", "cassie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caissier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caissier" is \kɛ.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caissier" come from?
"caissier" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caissier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

broderie#26,650brassage#26,648bombarde#26,646Clotilde#26,670

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

bardot9 variantscoquette9 variantscouillon9 variantsarrondie9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list