Which to use
“cachette” and “cassette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,985
- “cachette” frequency rank
- #14,626
- “cassette” frequency rank
- 28611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachette | cassette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite cache. | Petite boîte où l’on range ordinairement des objets précieux et de peu de volume. |
Where the eye mixes cachette and cassette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cachette and cassette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cachette vs cassette
A purely visual mix-up. cachette (\ka.ʃɛt\) and cassette (\ka.sɛt\) 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 28611, 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\. cassette is at rank #14,626, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.sɛt\.
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 28611, this pair ranks #321,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachette vs cassette
Shared letters: acet. Private to "cachette": h. Private to "cassette": s.
"cachette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "cassette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cachette" and "cassette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cachette" vs "cassette" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cachette" and "cassette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachette" and "cassette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassette vs Cosette". 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 #321,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.