Which to use
“CARDS” and “cas” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,138
- “CARDS” frequency rank
- #157
- “cas” frequency rank
- 24295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | CARDS | cas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ancien instrument financier d’aide aux Balkans occidentaux. | Accident, aventure, conjoncture, occasion ; fait arrivé, ou qui peut arriver. |
Where the eye mixes CARDS and cas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: CARDS vs cas
A purely visual mix-up. CARDS (\kaʁds\) and cas (\kɑ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
CARDS is recorded at frequency rank #24,138, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁds\. cas is at rank #157, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ\.
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 24295, this pair ranks #347,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of CARDS vs cas
Shared letters: acs. Private to "CARDS": dr. Private to "cas": -.
"CARDS" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "cas" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- CARDS ← acrds · cadrs · cardds · cardss · carrds · carsd · ccards · crads
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "CARDS" for "cas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "CARDS" vs "cas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "CARDS" and "cas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "CARDS" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "CARDS" and "cas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs CARDS". 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 #347,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.