caisson

\kɛ.sɔ̃\

/\kɛ.sɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“caisson” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,889
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande caisse sur un train à deux ou quatre roues qui servait ordinairement pour porter des vivres et des munitions à l’armée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caisson · caisson · French

caisson · rank #24,889 · 8 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,889
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH brûlante

Nearest frequency peer: brûlante (-2 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 « caisson »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caisson » 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).

caisson vs Carson
57% similar
caisson vs cassos
71% similar
caisson vs cassin
71% similar

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

Key facts for caisson
PropertyValue
Headwordcaisson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ.sɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,889
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caisson »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.caissonse 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 « brûlante » (#24,887), « caro » (#24,891), « brick » (#24,886). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caisson » est au #24,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around caisson (IPA \kɛ.sɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,889 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for caisson, with forms such as "acisson", "caison", and "caisosn". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Carson", "cassos", "cassin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented 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 caisson, spelled C-A-I-S-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande caisse sur un train à deux ou quatre roues qui servait ordinairement pour porter des vivres et des munitions à l’armée.
  2. 2
    Coffre à l’arrière du navire.
  3. 3
    Coffre ménagé sous le siège ou à l’arrière d’une voiture.
  4. 4
    Coffre en charpente dont on se sert pour établir des fondations dans l’eau.
  5. 5
    Compartiment, renfoncement orné de moulures dont on décore les plafonds et les voûtes.
  6. 6
    Échantillon zonal d’une teinte et/ou d’un poncif, inséré dans la légende pour en indiquer la signification.
  7. 7
    Caisson de basse, lors des free parties.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les caissons de l’artillerie.
  2. Les caissons des vivres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acisson
  • caison
  • caisosn
  • caissno
  • caissonn
  • casison
  • ccaisson
  • ciasson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caisson - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acisson2caison1caisosn2caissno2caissonn1casison2ccaisson1ciasson2
Edit distance from "caisson"

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 "caisson"?
"caisson" is spelled C-A-I-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ.sɔ̃\.
What does "caisson" mean?
As a noun, "caisson" means: Grande caisse sur un train à deux ou quatre roues qui servait ordinairement pour porter des vivres et des munitions à l’armée.
What words are commonly confused with "caisson"?
"caisson" is commonly confused with "Carson", "cassos", "cassin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caisson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caisson" is \kɛ.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caisson" come from?
"caisson" 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 "caisson", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chalets#24,893chantre#24,895bobines#24,880berbère#24,876

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

brick8 variantscoiffer8 variantscollage8 variantsaround8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list