Which to use
“calmée” is a verb and “cassée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,187
- “calmée” frequency rank
- #12,737
- “cassée” frequency rank
- 50924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | calmée | cassée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe calmer. | Féminin singulier de cassé. |
Where the eye mixes calmée and cassée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: calmée vs cassée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: calmée is \kal.me\ while cassée is \ka.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
calmée is recorded at frequency rank #38,187, classified as averb, pronounced \kal.me\. 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 50924, this pair ranks #158,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of calmée vs cassée
Shared letters: aceé. Private to "calmée": lm. Private to "cassée": s.
"calmée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "calmée" and "cassée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "calmée" vs "cassée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "calmée" and "cassée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "calmée" 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 #158,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "calmée" and "cassée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calmée vs charmée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #158,880 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.