cagesvscasusConfusable pair

Which to use

“cages” and “casus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,563
“cages” frequency rank
#48,398
“casus” frequency rank
64961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cages casus
Definition Pluriel de cage. Chute.

Letter map: cages vs casus

Shared letters muted; letters that set cages and casus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cages and casus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
cages
5 ch
casus

Spelling & dictionary notes on cages vs casus

cages and casus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cages is recorded at frequency rank #16,563, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʒ\. casus is at rank #48,398, tagged as anoun.

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 64961, this pair ranks #74,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cages vs casus

Shared letters: acs. Private to "cages": eg. Private to "casus": u.

"cages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "casus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cages ← acges · caegs · cagess · cagges · cagse · ccages · cgaes
  • casus ← acsus · cassu · cassus · casuss · causs · ccasus · csaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cages" and "casus" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary French text, does "cages" or "casus" show up more?
"cages" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,563 in our French list, against #48,398 for "casus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cages" and "casus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,531 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cages" and "casus" 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 #74,531 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list