Which to use
“cachette” and “cachettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,985
- “cachette” frequency rank
- #48,381
- “cachettes” frequency rank
- 62366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachette | cachettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite cache. | Variété du jeu de cache-cache. |
Same sound, different letters: cachette vs cachettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - cachette and cachettes
This is the hard kind. cachette and cachettes are pronounced identically (\ka.ʃɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cachette” sits inside “cachettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachette is recorded at frequency rank #13,985, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʃɛt\. cachettes is at rank #48,381, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʃɛt\.
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 62366, this pair ranks #87,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cachette vs cachettes
Shared letters: aceht. Private to "cachette": -. Private to "cachettes": s.
"cachette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "cachettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cachette" for "cachettes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cachette" vs "cachettes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"cachette" and "cachettes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cachettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,500 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachette" and "cachettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachettes vs clochettes". 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 #87,500 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.