cassante

\ka.sɑ̃t\

/\ka.sɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“cassante” is uncommon French (frequency #72,159 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,159
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de cassant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cassante · cassante · French

cassante · rank #72,159 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,159
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caucasienne

Nearest frequency peer: caucasienne (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cassante »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cassante » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cassante
PropertyValue
Headwordcassante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.sɑ̃t\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,159
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cassante » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cassantetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « caucasienne » (#72,160), « Carlsbad » (#72,157), « causaient » (#72,161). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cassante » est au #72,159. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cassante is uncommon French at frequency #72,159 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.sɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de cassant.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cassante, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cassante, spelled C-A-S-S-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de cassant.

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 "cassante"?
"cassante" is spelled C-A-S-S-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.sɑ̃t\.
What does "cassante" mean?
As an adjective, "cassante" means: Féminin singulier de cassant.
How do you pronounce "cassante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cassante" is \ka.sɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cassante" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list