cargosvscassosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cargos is a noun, cassos is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cargos” is a noun and “cassos” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,920
“cargos” frequency rank
#36,750
“cassos” frequency rank
71670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cargos cassos
Definition Pluriel de cargo. 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 cargos and cassos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cargos
6 ch
cassos

Look-alike desk: cargos vs cassos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cargos is \kaʁ.ɡo\ 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 71670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cargos is recorded at frequency rank #34,920, classified as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.ɡo\. 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 71670, this pair ranks #46,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cargos vs cassos

Shared letters: acos. Private to "cargos": gr. Private to "cassos": -.

"cargos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "cassos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cargosacrgos · cagros · carggos · cargoss · cargso · carogs · carrgos · ccargos
  • cassosacssos · casos · casoss · cassoss · cassso · ccassos · csasos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cargos" for "cassos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cargos" is a noun and "cassos" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cargos" or "cassos"?
"cargos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,920 in our French list, against #36,750 for "cassos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cargos" 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 #46,727 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cargos" 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 #46,727 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list