cachezvscracheWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cachez is a verb, crache is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cachez” is a verb and “crache” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,283
“cachez” frequency rank
#12,347
“crache” frequency rank
38630
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cachez crache
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cacher. Rejet de métal en fusion par l'avant d'une tuyère.

Where the eye mixes cachez and crache

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cachez
6 ch
crache

Why the eye confuses cachez with crache

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cachez is \ka.ʃe\ while crache is \kʁaʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cachez is recorded at frequency rank #26,283, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.ʃe\. crache is at rank #12,347, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁaʃ\.

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 38630, this pair ranks #253,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cachez vs crache

Shared letters: aceh. Private to "cachez": z. Private to "crache": r.

"cachez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "crache" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cachezacchez · cacchez · cacehz · cachezz · cachhez · cachze · cahcez · ccachez
  • crachecarche · ccrache · cracche · craceh · crachhe · crahce · crcahe · crrache

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cachez" for "crache" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cachez" is a verb and "crache" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cachez" or "crache"?
"crache" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,347 in our French list, against #26,283 for "cachez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cachez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crache" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #253,931 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cachez" and "crache" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachez 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 #253,931 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list