Which to use
“cade” and “chape” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,160
- “cade” frequency rank
- #35,422
- “chape” frequency rank
- 75582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cade | chape |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Oxycèdre. | Sorte de manteau long, sans plis et agrafé par devant, allant jusqu’aux talons, que portent l’évêque, le célébrant, les chantres, etc. durant l’office ; se dit aussi du grand manteau de drap ou de serge des chanoines. On nomme aussi ce vêtement un pluvial. |
Where the eye mixes cade and chape
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cade runs 4 letters (CVCV) against chape's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cade vs chape
A purely visual mix-up. cade (\kad\) and chape (\ʃap\) 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 75582, 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\. chape is at rank #35,422, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃap\.
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 75582, this pair ranks #33,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cade vs chape
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cade": d. Private to "chape": hp.
"cade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "chape" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cade" and "chape" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cade" or "chape" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cade" and "chape" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chape" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cade" and "chape" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cade vs conde". 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 #33,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.