Which to use
“calèche” and “calice” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,590
- “calèche” frequency rank
- #19,773
- “calice” frequency rank
- 53363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | calèche | calice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Type de voiture hippomobile de promenade à quatre roues munies de ressorts et composée d'un siège extérieur à l'avant pour le conducteur et de quatre places arrières en vis-à-vis et ordinairement découvertes avec une capote repliable pouvant les protéger. | Vase sacré dans lequel est consacré le vin, à la messe. |
Where the eye mixes calèche and calice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. calèche runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against calice's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses calèche with calice
A purely visual mix-up. calèche (\ka.lɛʃ\) and calice (\ka.lis\) 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 53363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
calèche is recorded at frequency rank #33,590, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.lɛʃ\. calice is at rank #19,773, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.lis\.
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 53363, this pair ranks #141,229 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of calèche vs calice
Shared letters: acel. Private to "calèche": hè. Private to "calice": i.
"calèche" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "calice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- calice ← aclice · cailce · calcie · calicce · caliec · callice · ccalice · claice
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "calèche" and "calice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "calèche" or "calice" show up more?
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 "calèche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "calice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,229 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "calèche" and "calice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calèche vs calée". 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 #141,229 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.