Which to use
“cachée” is an adjective and “cachot” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,282
- “cachée” frequency rank
- #26,993
- “cachot” frequency rank
- 34275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachée | cachot |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de caché. | Cellule basse et obscure. |
Where the eye mixes cachée and cachot
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cachée with cachot
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cachée is \ka.ʃe\ while cachot is \ka.ʃo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34275, 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\. cachot is at rank #26,993, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʃo\.
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 34275, this pair ranks #284,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachée vs cachot
Shared letters: ach. Private to "cachée": eé. Private to "cachot": ot.
"cachée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cachot" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cachot ← acchot · cacchot · cachhot · cachott · cachto · cacoht · cahcot · ccachot
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cachée" for "cachot" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cachée" or "cachot" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cachée" and "cachot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachée" and "cachot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachot vs cochet". 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 #284,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.