Which to use
“cachait” and “crachant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,582
- “cachait” frequency rank
- #49,007
- “crachant” frequency rank
- 64589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachait | crachant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe cacher. | Participe présent de cracher. |
Where the eye mixes cachait and crachant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cachait runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against crachant's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cachait with crachant
A purely visual mix-up. cachait (\ka.ʃɛ\) and crachant (\kʁa.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64589, 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\. crachant is at rank #49,007, tagged as averb, pronounced \kʁa.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 64589, this pair ranks #76,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cachait vs crachant
Shared letters: acht. Private to "cachait": i. Private to "crachant": nr.
"cachait" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "crachant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cachait" and "crachant" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cachait" vs "crachant" - which ranks higher?
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 "crachant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,318 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachait" and "crachant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crachant vs crachats". 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 #76,318 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.