Which to use
“cahier” is a noun and “chie” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,952
- “cahier” frequency rank
- #16,089
- “chie” frequency rank
- 22041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cahier | chie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble de feuilles de papier assemblées par agrafage ou couture et destinées à l’écriture. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier. |
Where the eye mixes cahier and chie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cahier vs chie
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cahier is \ka.je\ while chie is \ʃi\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22041, 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\. chie is at rank #16,089, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃi\.
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 22041, this pair ranks #360,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cahier vs chie
Shared letters: cehi. Private to "cahier": ar. Private to "chie": -.
"cahier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "chie" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cahier" and "chie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cahier" or "chie" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cahier" and "chie" 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 "chie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,097 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cahier" and "chie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs chie". 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 #360,097 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.