Which to use
“cadrage” and “cadrans” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,264
- “cadrage” frequency rank
- #42,210
- “cadrans” frequency rank
- 71474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadrage | cadrans |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de cadrer, choix des limites du champ visuel enregistré par l’appareil de prise de vue. | Pluriel de cadran. |
Where the eye mixes cadrage and cadrans
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cadrage (CVCCVCV) and cadrans (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: cadrage vs cadrans
A purely visual mix-up. cadrage (\ka.dʁaʒ\) and cadrans (\ka.dʁɑ̃\) 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 71474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadrage is recorded at frequency rank #29,264, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.dʁaʒ\. cadrans is at rank #42,210, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.dʁɑ̃\.
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 71474, this pair ranks #47,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cadrage vs cadrans
Shared letters: acdr. Private to "cadrage": eg. Private to "cadrans": ns.
"cadrage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cadrans" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cadrage" and "cadrans" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cadrage" or "cadrans"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cadrage" and "cadrans" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadrage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cadrans" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadrage" and "cadrans" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadrans vs crans". 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 #47,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.