Which to use
“cage” is a noun and “CAQ” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,639
- “cage” frequency rank
- #8,509
- “CAQ” frequency rank
- 14148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cage | CAQ |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme ordinairement des petits animaux. | Coalition Avenir Québec, parti politique provincial autonomiste québécois de centre droite, élu pour la première fois en 2018. |
Where the eye mixes cage and CAQ
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cage and CAQ
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cage is \kaʒ\ while CAQ is \kak\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cage is recorded at frequency rank #5,639, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʒ\. CAQ is at rank #8,509, tagged as aname, pronounced \kak\.
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 14148, this pair ranks #397,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cage vs CAQ
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cage": eg. Private to "CAQ": q.
"cage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "CAQ" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cage ← acge · caeg · cagge · ccage · cgae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cage" for "CAQ" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cage" or "CAQ"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cage" and "CAQ" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "CAQ" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cage" and "CAQ" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CAQ vs CCE". 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 #397,981 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.