Which to use
“casher” and “cassée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,749
- “casher” frequency rank
- #12,737
- “cassée” frequency rank
- 49486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casher | cassée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans la religion judaïque, qualifie les viandes abattues selon les rites religieux prescrits. | Féminin singulier de cassé. |
Where the eye mixes casher and cassée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. casher (CVCCVC) and cassée (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between casher and cassée
A purely visual mix-up. casher (\ka.ʃɛʁ\) and cassée (\ka.se\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casher is recorded at frequency rank #36,749, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.ʃɛʁ\. cassée is at rank #12,737, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ka.se\.
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 49486, this pair ranks #170,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casher vs cassée
Shared letters: aces. Private to "casher": hr. Private to "cassée": é.
"casher" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casher ← acsher · cahser · casehr · casherr · cashher · cashre · cassher · ccasher
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casher" and "cassée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "casher" or "cassée" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "casher" and "cassée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casher" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #170,238 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casher" and "cassée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casher vs casseur". 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 #170,238 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.