Which to use
“cailles” and “caisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,169
- “cailles” frequency rank
- #5,322
- “caisses” frequency rank
- 46491
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cailles | caisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de caille. | Pluriel de caisse. |
Where the eye mixes cailles and caisses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cailles and caisses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cailles and caisses
A purely visual mix-up. cailles (\kɑj\) and caisses (\kɛs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cailles is recorded at frequency rank #41,169, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑj\. caisses is at rank #5,322, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɛs\.
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 46491, this pair ranks #194,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cailles vs caisses
Shared letters: aceis. Private to "cailles": l. Private to "caisses": -.
"cailles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "caisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cailles" and "caisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cailles" or "caisses"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cailles" and "caisses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cailles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,509 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cailles" and "caisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cailles vs callas". 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 #194,509 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.