Which to use
“cahier” and “casiers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,952
- “cahier” frequency rank
- #27,718
- “casiers” frequency rank
- 33670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cahier | casiers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de feuilles de papier assemblées par agrafage ou couture et destinées à l’écriture. | Pluriel de casier. |
Where the eye mixes cahier and casiers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cahier runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against casiers's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cahier and casiers
A purely visual mix-up. cahier (\ka.je\) and casiers (\ka.zje\) 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 33670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cahier is recorded at frequency rank #5,952, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.je\. casiers is at rank #27,718, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.zje\.
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 33670, this pair ranks #289,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cahier vs casiers
Shared letters: aceir. Private to "cahier": h. Private to "casiers": s.
"cahier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "casiers" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cahier" and "casiers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cahier" or "casiers"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cahier" and "casiers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cahier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casiers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #289,086 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cahier" and "casiers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caries vs casiers". 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 #289,086 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.