Which to use
“cade” and “cakes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,160
- “cade” frequency rank
- #48,958
- “cakes” frequency rank
- 89118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cade | cakes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Oxycèdre. | Pluriel de cake. |
Where the eye mixes cade and cakes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cade runs 4 letters (CVCV) against cakes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cade with cakes
A purely visual mix-up. cade (\kad\) and cakes (\kɛk\) 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 89118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cade is recorded at frequency rank #40,160, classified as anoun, pronounced \kad\. cakes is at rank #48,958, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɛk\.
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 89118, this pair ranks #6,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cade vs cakes
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cade": d. Private to "cakes": ks.
"cade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cakes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cade" and "cakes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cade" or "cakes"?
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 "cade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cakes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,141 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cade" and "cakes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs casus". 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 #6,141 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.