case

\kaz\

/\kaz\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“case” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,916) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#4,916
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite habitation traditionnelle, sous les tropiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-case · case · French

case · rank #4,916 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,916
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH canard

Nearest frequency peer: canard (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « case »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « case » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

case vs ce
50% similar
case vs Cs
25% similar
case vs ces
50% similar

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

Key facts for case
PropertyValue
Headwordcase
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaz\
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,916
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « case »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).casese 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 « canard » (#4,915), « cathédrale » (#4,917), « Camille » (#4,914). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « case » est au #4,916. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for case is neighbouring look-alikes ("ce", "Cs", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \kaz\. Frequency #4,916 among 8,609 “C” headwords. 10 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for case, with forms such as "acse", "caes", and "ccase". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "Cs", "ces", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is case, spelled C-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite habitation traditionnelle, sous les tropiques.
  2. 2
    Logement rudimentaire des esclaves africains dans les plantations et habitations coloniales. Après l'abolition de l'esclavage, l'employé de la plantation habitait la même case.
  3. 3
    Sous les tropiques, maison ou habitation de taille variable.
  4. 4
    Compartiment d’un casier, d’une boîte, d’un tiroir, d’une bibliothèque, d’une consigne, etc.
  5. 5
    Subdivision dans un registre, un formulaire ou dans un tableau, formées par les lignes qui coupent les colonnes transversalement
  6. 6
    Élément de l'interface d'un logiciel qui permet à l'utilisateur de saisir une information ou de cocher une préférence.
  7. 7
    Endroit délimité sur un plateau de jeu.
  8. 8
    Casier.
  9. 9
    Étape d’un processus.
  10. 10
    Dans le domaine de la bande dessinée, zone de dessin délimitée par un cadre. On dit aussi vignette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La case de mon hôte, fort exiguë, probablement parce qu’il était pauvre, était composée de quelques piquets surmontant un toit en feuilles de cocotiers entrelacées, des espèces de rideaux du même feuillage en formaient les murs.
  2. L'un d'eux lui expliqua à mi-voix que la ronde nocturne et la lampe de poche permettaient juste le zieutage des craquettes et des zigounettes de celles et ceux qui sortaient de leurs cases pour pisser la nuit dans la nature.

Synonyms

compartiment

This word in other languages

hut(English)choza(Español)Hütte(Deutsch)caixa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acse
  • caes
  • ccase
  • csae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acse2caes2ccase1csae2
Edit distance from "case"

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 "case"?
"case" is spelled C-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaz\.
What does "case" mean?
As a noun, "case" means: Petite habitation traditionnelle, sous les tropiques.
What words are commonly confused with "case"?
"case" is commonly confused with "ce", "Cs", "ces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "case"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "case" is \kaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "case" come from?
"case" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cave#4,919ford#4,941Jazz#4,868play#4,969

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list