Which to use
“cachés” and “chiches” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,667
- “cachés” frequency rank
- #38,699
- “chiches” frequency rank
- 47366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachés | chiches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de caché. | Pluriel de chiche. |
Where the eye mixes cachés and chiches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cachés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against chiches's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cachés and chiches
A purely visual mix-up. cachés (\ka.ʃe\) and chiches (\ʃiʃ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47366, 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\. chiches is at rank #38,699, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃiʃ\.
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 47366, this pair ranks #187,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachés vs chiches
Shared letters: chs. Private to "cachés": aé. Private to "chiches": ei.
"cachés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "chiches" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chiches ← cchiches · chcihes · chhiches · chicches · chicehs · chichess · chichhes · chichse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cachés" and "chiches" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "cachés" or "chiches" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cachés" and "chiches" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chiches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,546 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachés" and "chiches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chiches 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 #187,546 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.