Which to use
“cache” and “carte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,409
- “cache” frequency rank
- #716
- “carte” frequency rank
- 3125
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cache | carte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lieu propre à cacher ou à se cacher. | Représentation géométrique conventionnelle, en positions relatives, de phénomènes concrets ou abstraits (pays, région, ville, astres dans le ciel, etc.), localisables dans l’espace, à échelle réduite. |
Where the eye mixes cache and carte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cache with carte
A purely visual mix-up. cache (\kaʃ\) and carte (\kaʁt\) 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 3125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cache is recorded at frequency rank #2,409, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʃ\. carte is at rank #716, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁt\.
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 3125, this pair ranks #434,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cache vs carte
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cache": h. Private to "carte": rt.
"cache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "carte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cache" and "carte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cache" or "carte" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cache" and "carte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,735 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cache" and "carte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cache vs coaches". 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 #434,735 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.