Which to use
“caire” and “casse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,938
- “caire” frequency rank
- #2,411
- “casse” frequency rank
- 10349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caire | casse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étoupe de fibres de coco. | Boîte plate et découverte, composée de deux parties, le haut de casse (majuscules) et le bas de casse (minuscules), et divisée en petites cases pour chaque caractère. |
Where the eye mixes caire and casse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. caire (CVVCV) and casse (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: caire vs casse
A purely visual mix-up. caire (\kɛʁ\) and casse (\kɑs\) 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 10349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caire is recorded at frequency rank #7,938, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛʁ\. casse is at rank #2,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑs\.
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 10349, this pair ranks #413,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of caire vs casse
Shared letters: ace. Private to "caire": ir. Private to "casse": s.
"caire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "casse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caire" and "casse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "caire" or "casse"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "caire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #413,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caire" and "casse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caire vs ciro". 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 #413,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.