Which to use
“cachait” and “cachant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,582
- “cachait” frequency rank
- #19,228
- “cachant” frequency rank
- 34810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachait | cachant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe cacher. | Participe présent du verbe cacher. |
Where the eye mixes cachait and cachant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cachait (CVCCVVC) and cachant (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: cachait vs cachant
A purely visual mix-up. cachait (\ka.ʃɛ\) and cachant (\ka.ʃɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “cachait” becomes n in “cachant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachait is recorded at frequency rank #15,582, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.ʃɛ\. cachant is at rank #19,228, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.ʃɑ̃\.
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 34810, this pair ranks #281,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachait vs cachant
Shared letters: acht. Private to "cachait": i. Private to "cachant": n.
"cachait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "cachant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cachait" for "cachant" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cachait" vs "cachant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,198 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachait" and "cachant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachant 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 #281,198 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.