casier

\kɑ.zje\

/\kɑ.zje\/ noun

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The verdict

“casier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,010. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,010
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nasse pour prendre, selon la taille de l’ouverture, les gros crustacés ou les crevettes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-casier · casier · French

casier · rank #11,010 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,010
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capter

Nearest frequency peer: capter (-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 « casier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « casier » 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).

casier vs chier
67% similar
casier vs casse
67% similar
casier vs crier
67% similar

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

Key facts for casier
PropertyValue
Headwordcasier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑ.zje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,010
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « casier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).casierse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « capter » (#11,009), « cessent » (#11,011), « capsule » (#11,008). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « casier » est au #11,010. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around casier (IPA \kɑ.zje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,010 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for casier, with forms such as "acsier", "caiser", and "caseir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chier", "casse", "crier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is casier, spelled C-A-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nasse pour prendre, selon la taille de l’ouverture, les gros crustacés ou les crevettes.
  2. 2
    Ensemble de cases, de compartiments d’un meuble de rangement, de bureau, de bibliothèque.
  3. 3
    Niche placée sous les pupitres d’écolier.
  4. 4
    Ellipse de casier judiciaire : relevé des condamnations prononcées contre quelqu’un. Service qui établit ce relevé.
  5. 5
    Parcelle d′une rizière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce sont des habitants de Blainville, […], qui viennent ainsi, […] pour y pêcher des homards qui se mangent à Paris. Ils se servent à cet effet de casiers, espèces de mannes en forme de cône tronqué dont le sommet offre une ouverture disposée de telle sorte que le homard, une fois entré, ne peut plus sortir.
  2. Une barque passa : quelqu’un qui allait poser des casiers à la pointe du Gabélou.

This word in other languages

trap(English)casillero(Español)Regal(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acsier
  • caiser
  • caseir
  • casierr
  • casire
  • cassier
  • ccasier
  • csaier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acsier2caiser2caseir2casierr1casire2cassier1ccasier1csaier2
Edit distance from "casier"

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 "casier"?
"casier" is spelled C-A-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ.zje\.
What does "casier" mean?
As a noun, "casier" means: Nasse pour prendre, selon la taille de l’ouverture, les gros crustacés ou les crevettes.
What words are commonly confused with "casier"?
"casier" is commonly confused with "chier", "casse", "crier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "casier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casier" is \kɑ.zje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "casier" come from?
"casier" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

capter#11,009Bruges#11,003cursus#11,027Armand#10,992

Similar misspelling depth

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

attrape8 variantsargile8 variantséquité8 variantsécurie8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list