Which to use
“cachée” is an adjective and “cachez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,282
- “cachée” frequency rank
- #26,283
- “cachez” frequency rank
- 33565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachée | cachez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de caché. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cacher. |
Same sound, different letters: cachée vs cachez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: cachée vs cachez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cachée and cachez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.ʃe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33565, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachée is recorded at frequency rank #7,282, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʃe\. cachez is at rank #26,283, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.ʃe\.
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 33565, this pair ranks #289,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachée vs cachez
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "cachée": é. Private to "cachez": z.
"cachée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cachez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cachez ← acchez · cacchez · cacehz · cachezz · cachhez · cachze · cahcez · ccachez
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,768 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachée" and "cachez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachez 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 #289,768 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.