Which to use
“cas” and “chah” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #157
- “cas” frequency rank
- #47,782
- “chah” frequency rank
- 47939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cas | chah |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Accident, aventure, conjoncture, occasion ; fait arrivé, ou qui peut arriver. | Titre des monarques de Perse, puis de l’Iran. |
Where the eye mixes cas and chah
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cas vs chah
A purely visual mix-up. cas (\kɑ\) and chah (\ʃa\) 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 47939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cas is recorded at frequency rank #157, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ\. chah is at rank #47,782, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa\.
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 47939, this pair ranks #182,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cas vs chah
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cas": s. Private to "chah": h.
"cas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "chah" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chah ← cahh · cchah · chahh · chha · chhah · hcah
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cas" and "chah" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cas" or "chah" show up more?
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 "cas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,955 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cas" and "chah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCAS vs chah". 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 #182,955 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.