Which to use
“caritas” and “cavités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,208
- “caritas” frequency rank
- #17,650
- “cavités” frequency rank
- 64858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caritas | cavités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de carita. | Pluriel de cavité. |
Where the eye mixes caritas and cavités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. caritas and cavités follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: caritas vs cavités
A purely visual mix-up. caritas (\ka.ˈɾi.tas\) and cavités (\ka.vi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caritas is recorded at frequency rank #47,208, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ˈɾi.tas\. cavités is at rank #17,650, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.vi.te\.
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 64858, this pair ranks #75,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caritas vs cavités
Shared letters: acist. Private to "caritas": r. Private to "cavités": vé.
"caritas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cavités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- caritas ← acritas · cairtas · cariats · caritass · caritsa · carittas · carritas · cartias
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caritas" and "cavités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caritas" vs "cavités" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "caritas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cavités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,022 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caritas" and "cavités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carina vs caritas". 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 #75,022 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.