Which to use
“caa” and “chah” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,346
- “caa” frequency rank
- #47,782
- “chah” frequency rank
- 92128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caa | chah |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chasse, pêche. | Titre des monarques de Perse, puis de l’Iran. |
Where the eye mixes caa and chah
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. caa runs 3 letters (CVV) against chah's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caa vs chah
A purely visual mix-up. caa (\caː\) and chah (\ʃa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caa is recorded at frequency rank #44,346, classified as anoun, pronounced \caː\. chah is at rank #47,782, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 92128, this pair ranks #3,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caa vs chah
Shared letters: ac. Private to "caa": -. Private to "chah": h.
"caa" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "chah" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chah ← cahh · cchah · chahh · chha · chhah · hcah
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caa" for "chah" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "caa" or "chah" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "caa" and "chah" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caa" and "chah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs chah". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #3,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.