Which to use
“cachés” is an adjective and “cachet” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,667
- “cachés” frequency rank
- #13,128
- “cachet” frequency rank
- 21795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachés | cachet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de caché. | Petit objet gravé avec lequel on marque une empreinte, par exemple pour fermer une lettre, ou pour laisser une marque distinctive qui garantit l’authenticité du document, ou pour donner un renseignement, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cachés and cachet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cachés with cachet
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cachés is \ka.ʃe\ while cachet is \ka.ʃɛ\. 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 21795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachés is recorded at frequency rank #8,667, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʃe\. cachet is at rank #13,128, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʃɛ\.
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 21795, this pair ranks #361,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cachés vs cachet
Shared letters: ach. Private to "cachés": sé. Private to "cachet": et.
"cachés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cachet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cachet ← acchet · cacchet · caceht · cachett · cachhet · cachte · cahcet · ccachet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cachés" and "cachet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cachés" or "cachet" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachés" and "cachet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachet 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 #361,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.