Which to use
“cachette” and “clochette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,985
- “cachette” frequency rank
- #31,890
- “clochette” frequency rank
- 45875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachette | clochette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite cache. | Cloche de petite taille. |
Where the eye mixes cachette and clochette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cachette runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against clochette's 9 (CCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cachette with clochette
A purely visual mix-up. cachette (\ka.ʃɛt\) and clochette (\klɔ.ʃɛt\) 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 45875, 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\. clochette is at rank #31,890, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɔ.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 45875, this pair ranks #199,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cachette vs clochette
Shared letters: ceht. Private to "cachette": a. Private to "clochette": lo.
"cachette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "clochette" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cachette" for "clochette" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cachette" vs "clochette" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clochette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachette" and "clochette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clochette 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 #199,361 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.