cassis

\ka.sis\

/\ka.sis\/ noun

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The verdict

“cassis” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,242. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,242
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cassis · cassis · French

cassis · rank #25,242 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,242
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cantines

Nearest frequency peer: cantines (-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 « cassis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cassis » 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).

cassis vs casus
67% similar
cassis vs causés
67% similar
cassis vs castes
67% similar

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

Key facts for cassis
PropertyValue
Headwordcassis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.sis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,242
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cassis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cassisse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cantines » (#25,241), « caveau » (#25,243), « Canaries » (#25,240). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cassis » est au #25,242. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cassis (IPA \ka.sis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,242 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cassis, with forms such as "acssis", "casis", and "casiss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "casus", "causés", "castes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cassis, spelled C-A-S-S-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum.
  2. 2
    Fruit formé de baies noires formant des grappes, pulpeuses, à la peau lisse, fortement aromatiques, utilisé pour faire des liqueurs, des sirops, des gelées…
  3. 3
    Liqueur de cassis.
  4. 4
    Tête → voir pomme, poire et citron.
  5. 5
    Groseille rouge ou blanche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les feuilles et l’écorce du cassis sont employées en médecine.
  2. Cueillir, manger du cassis.

Synonyms

cassissier

This word in other languages

blackcurrant(English)Aalbeere(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acssis
  • casis
  • casiss
  • cassiss
  • casssi
  • ccassis
  • csasis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cassis - 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.

acssis2casis1casiss2cassiss1casssi2ccassis1csasis2
Edit distance from "cassis"

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 "cassis"?
"cassis" is spelled C-A-S-S-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.sis\.
What does "cassis" mean?
As a noun, "cassis" means: Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum.
What words are commonly confused with "cassis"?
"cassis" is commonly confused with "casus", "causés", "castes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cassis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cassis" is \ka.sis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cassis" come from?
"cassis" 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 "cassis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

caveau#25,243chiale#25,246buvait#25,237bouges#25,230

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

chico7 variantsburqa7 variantsbarrée7 variantsdillon7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list