Which to use
“cape” and “casse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,465
- “cape” frequency rank
- #2,411
- “casse” frequency rank
- 12876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cape | casse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vêtement de dessus ample et sans manches. | Boîte plate et découverte, composée de deux parties, le haut de casse (majuscules) et le bas de casse (minuscules), et divisée en petites cases pour chaque caractère. |
Where the eye mixes cape and casse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cape runs 4 letters (CVCV) against casse's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cape and casse
A purely visual mix-up. cape (\kap\) and casse (\kɑs\) 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 12876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cape is recorded at frequency rank #10,465, classified as anoun, pronounced \kap\. casse is at rank #2,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑs\.
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 12876, this pair ranks #403,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cape vs casse
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cape": p. Private to "casse": s.
"cape" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "casse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cape" for "casse" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cape" or "casse"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cape" and "casse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cape" and "casse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cape vs CCE". 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 #403,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.