Which to use
“cachettes” and “clochettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,381
- “cachettes” frequency rank
- #47,230
- “clochettes” frequency rank
- 95611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cachettes | clochettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variété du jeu de cache-cache. | Pluriel de clochette. |
Where the eye mixes cachettes and clochettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cachettes runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against clochettes's 10 (CCVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cachettes vs clochettes
A purely visual mix-up. cachettes (\ka.ʃɛt\) and clochettes (\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 95611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cachettes is recorded at frequency rank #48,381, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʃɛt\. clochettes is at rank #47,230, 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 95611, this pair ranks #1,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cachettes vs clochettes
Shared letters: cehst. Private to "cachettes": a. Private to "clochettes": lo.
"cachettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "clochettes" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cachettes ← acchettes · cacchettes · cacehttes · cachetes · cachetets · cachettess · cachettse · cachhettes
- clochettes ← cclochettes · clcohettes · cllochettes · clocchettes · clocehttes · clochetes · clochetets · clochettess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cachettes" for "clochettes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cachettes" vs "clochettes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cachettes" and "clochettes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cachettes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clochettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cachettes" and "clochettes" 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 #1,020 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.