cassette

/\ka.sɛt\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,626

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

cassette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petite boîte où l’on range ordinairement des objets précieux et de peu de volume. Pronounced \ka.sɛt\. Often confused with Cosette and cassettes.

Key facts for cassette
PropertyValue
Headwordcassette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.sɛt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,626
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cassette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cassette is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.sɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,626 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cassette, with forms such as "acssette", "casestte", and "casette". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Cosette", "cassettes", "chaussette", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cassette, spelled C-A-S-S-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite boîte où l’on range ordinairement des objets précieux et de peu de volume.
  2. 2
    Trésor particulier d’un prince, d’un souverain.
  3. 3
    Petite boîte contenant une bande magnétique sur laquelle on peut enregistrer du son ou de la vidéo ainsi que des programmes informatiques. On l’utilise généralement dans les magnétoscopes, magnétophones et caméscopes.
  4. 4
    Sens dérivé du précédent : discours public, politique, etc., au contenu stéréotypé et convenu, manquant de spontanéité, de sincérité, d'authenticité.
  5. 5
    Plumier d’écolier.
  6. 6
    Partie cylindrique entourée des pignons, permettant l'entrainement de la roue.
  7. 7
    Insert à bois.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acssette,casestte,casette,cassete,cassetet,casstete,ccassette,csasette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cassette

Misspelling Variants of "cassette"

acssette8casestte8casette7cassete7cassetet8casstete8ccassette9csasette8
Misspelling Variants of "cassette"

Frequency rank: #14,626 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cassette"?
"cassette" is spelled C-A-S-S-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.sɛt\.
What does "cassette" mean?
As a noun, "cassette" means: Petite boîte où l’on range ordinairement des objets précieux et de peu de volume.
What words are commonly confused with "cassette"?
"cassette" is commonly confused with "Cosette", "cassettes", "chaussette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cassette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cassette" is \ka.sɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cassette" come from?
"cassette" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.