Which to use
“caries” and “casier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,190
- “caries” frequency rank
- #11,010
- “casier” frequency rank
- 49200
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caries | casier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de carie. | Nasse pour prendre, selon la taille de l’ouverture, les gros crustacés ou les crevettes. |
Where the eye mixes caries and casier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. caries and casier follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between caries and casier
A purely visual mix-up. caries (\ka.ʁi\) and casier (\kɑ.zje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49200, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caries is recorded at frequency rank #38,190, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ʁi\. casier is at rank #11,010, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ.zje\.
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 49200, this pair ranks #172,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caries vs casier
Shared letters: aceirs. Private to "caries": -. Private to "casier": -.
"caries" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "casier" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caries" and "casier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "caries" or "casier" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "caries" and "casier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caries" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caries" and "casier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caries vs carrez". 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 #172,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.