Which to use
“caddie” and “cassie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,263
- “caddie” frequency rank
- #31,393
- “cassie” frequency rank
- 60656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caddie | cassie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne chargée de transporter le matériel, d’accompagner et de conseiller les golfeurs. | Variété de mimosa qu’on cultive dans le midi de la France pour ses fleurs jaunes très odorantes employées en parfumerie. |
Where the eye mixes caddie and cassie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. caddie and cassie follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses caddie with cassie
A purely visual mix-up. caddie (\ka.di\) and cassie (\ka.si\) 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 60656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caddie is recorded at frequency rank #29,263, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.di\. cassie is at rank #31,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.si\.
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 60656, this pair ranks #96,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caddie vs cassie
Shared letters: acei. Private to "caddie": d. Private to "cassie": s.
"caddie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cassie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caddie" for "cassie" ever safe?
Frequency check: "caddie" vs "cassie" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "caddie" and "cassie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caddie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,488 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caddie" and "cassie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Callie vs cassie". 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 #96,488 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.