Which to use
“cachent” and “captent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,127
- “cachent” frequency rank
- #37,710
- “captent” frequency rank
- 46837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachent | captent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cacher. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe capter. |
Where the eye mixes cachent and captent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cachent and captent
A purely visual mix-up. cachent (\kaʃ\) and captent (\kapt\) 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 46837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachent is recorded at frequency rank #9,127, classified as averb, pronounced \kaʃ\. captent is at rank #37,710, tagged as averb, pronounced \kapt\.
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 46837, this pair ranks #191,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachent vs captent
Shared letters: acent. Private to "cachent": h. Private to "captent": p.
"cachent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "captent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cachent" and "captent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cachent" vs "captent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cachent" and "captent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #191,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachent" and "captent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campent vs captent". 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 #191,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.