Which to use
“caillot” and “cailloux” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,387
- “caillot” frequency rank
- #11,922
- “cailloux” frequency rank
- 43309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caillot | cailloux |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite masse de liquide coagulé. | Pluriel de caillou. |
Where the eye mixes caillot and cailloux
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. caillot runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against cailloux's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses caillot with cailloux
A purely visual mix-up. caillot (\ka.jo\) and cailloux (\ka.ju\) 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 43309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caillot is recorded at frequency rank #31,387, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.jo\. cailloux is at rank #11,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ju\.
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 43309, this pair ranks #219,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caillot vs cailloux
Shared letters: acilo. Private to "caillot": t. Private to "cailloux": ux.
"caillot" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "cailloux" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caillot" and "cailloux" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caillot" vs "cailloux" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "caillot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cailloux" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caillot" and "cailloux" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caillot vs caillots". 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 #219,064 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.