Which to use
“campos” is a noun and “cassos” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,414
- “campos” frequency rank
- #36,750
- “cassos” frequency rank
- 72164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campos | cassos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Congé accordé autrefois aux écoliers. | Je m’en vais (ou on s’en va), je me casse (ou on se casse) ; parfois utilisé dans le sens de « au revoir », « salut ». |
Where the eye mixes campos and cassos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. campos and cassos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between campos and cassos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: campos is \kɑ̃.po\ while cassos is \ka.sɔs\. 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 (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
campos is recorded at frequency rank #35,414, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.po\. cassos is at rank #36,750, tagged as anintj, pronounced \ka.sɔs\.
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 72164, this pair ranks #44,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of campos vs cassos
Shared letters: acos. Private to "campos": mp. Private to "cassos": -.
"campos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cassos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "campos" and "cassos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "campos" vs "cassos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "campos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,992 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campos" and "cassos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassos vs causses". 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 #44,992 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.