caivsCCASConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#46,045
“cai” frequency rank
#47,777
“CCAS” frequency rank
93822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cai CCAS
Definition Bien, affaire, objet, chose, fortune. En France, centre chargé de l’action sociale dans une commune.

Letter map: cai vs CCAS

Shared letters muted; letters that set cai and CCAS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. cai runs 3 letters (CVV) against CCAS's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
cai
4 ch
CCAS

Pair insight - cai / CCAS

cai and CCAS 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cai is recorded at frequency rank #46,045, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaj\. CCAS is at rank #47,777, 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 93822, this pair ranks #2,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cai vs CCAS

Shared letters: ac. Private to "cai": i. Private to "CCAS": s.

"cai" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "CCAS" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • CCAS ← cacs · ccsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cai" and "CCAS" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "cai" vs "CCAS" - which ranks higher?
"cai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,045 in our French list, against #47,777 for "CCAS". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "cai" vs "CCAS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "CCAS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cai" and "CCAS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS 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 #2,021 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