Which to use
“cachait” and “cachent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,582
- “cachait” frequency rank
- #9,127
- “cachent” frequency rank
- 24709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachait | cachent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe cacher. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cacher. |
Where the eye mixes cachait and cachent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cachait vs cachent
A purely visual mix-up. cachait (\ka.ʃɛ\) and cachent (\kaʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24709, 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\. cachent is at rank #9,127, tagged as averb, pronounced \kaʃ\.
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 24709, this pair ranks #345,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cachait vs cachent
Shared letters: acht. Private to "cachait": i. Private to "cachent": en.
"cachait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "cachent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cachait" and "cachent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cachait" or "cachent" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachait" and "cachent" 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 #345,067 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.