Which to use
“caisses” and “causses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,322
- “caisses” frequency rank
- #48,974
- “causses” frequency rank
- 54296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caisses | causses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de caisse. | Pluriel de causse. |
Where the eye mixes caisses and causses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. caisses and causses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: caisses vs causses
A purely visual mix-up. caisses (\kɛs\) and causses (\kos\) 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 a single letter - i in “caisses” becomes u in “causses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caisses is recorded at frequency rank #5,322, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛs\. causses is at rank #48,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kos\.
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 54296, this pair ranks #134,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caisses vs causses
Shared letters: aces. Private to "caisses": i. Private to "causses": u.
"caisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "causses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caisses" and "causses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "caisses" or "causses"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "caisses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #134,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caisses" and "causses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs crosses". 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 #134,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.