Which to use
“cachaient” and “cachait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,413
- “cachaient” frequency rank
- #15,582
- “cachait” frequency rank
- 50995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachaient | cachait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe cacher. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe cacher. |
Same sound, different letters: cachaient vs cachait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cachaient runs 9 letters (CVCCVVVCC) against cachait's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cachaient vs cachait
This is the hard kind. cachaient and cachait are pronounced identically (\ka.ʃɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachaient is recorded at frequency rank #35,413, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.ʃɛ\. cachait is at rank #15,582, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.ʃɛ\.
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 50995, this pair ranks #158,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachaient vs cachait
Shared letters: achit. Private to "cachaient": en. Private to "cachait": -.
"cachaient" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVVCC · "cachait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cachaient" and "cachait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cachaient" or "cachait" show up more?
Useful next steps
"cachaient" and "cachait" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #158,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachaient" and "cachait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachait vs crachant". 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 #158,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.