cachevsCCEWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cache is a noun, CCE is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cache” is a noun and “CCE” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,409
“cache” frequency rank
#49,543
“CCE” frequency rank
51952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cache CCE
Definition Lieu propre à cacher ou à se cacher. Organe central de la direction du FLN, créé en 1956, remplacé en 1958 par le GPRA.

Letter map: cache vs CCE

Shared letters muted; letters that set cache and CCE apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
cache
3 ch
CCE

Role in the sentence - cache and CCE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cache is anoun and CCEaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51952, 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\. CCE is at rank #49,543, tagged as aname.

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 51952, this pair ranks #151,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cache vs CCE

Shared letters: ce. Private to "cache": ah. Private to "CCE": -.

"cache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "CCE" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cacheacche · cacche · caceh · cachhe · cahce · ccache · ccahe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cache" for "CCE" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cache" is a noun and "CCE" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "cache" or "CCE" show up more?
"cache" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,409 in our French list, against #49,543 for "CCE". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "cache" vs "CCE" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cache" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CCE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #151,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cache" and "CCE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs CPGE". 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 #151,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list