Which to use
“calée” and “cassée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,384
- “calée” frequency rank
- #12,737
- “cassée” frequency rank
- 61121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | calée | cassée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de calé. | Féminin singulier de cassé. |
Where the eye mixes calée and cassée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. calée runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cassée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between calée and cassée
A purely visual mix-up. calée (\ka.le\) and cassée (\ka.se\) 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 61121, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
calée is recorded at frequency rank #48,384, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.le\. cassée is at rank #12,737, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.se\.
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 61121, this pair ranks #93,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of calée vs cassée
Shared letters: aceé. Private to "calée": l. Private to "cassée": s.
"calée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "calée" for "cassée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "calée" vs "cassée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "calée" and "cassée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "calée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "calée" and "cassée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs calée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #93,958 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.