Which to use
“casiers” and “claviers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,718
- “casiers” frequency rank
- #16,834
- “claviers” frequency rank
- 44552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casiers | claviers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de casier. | Pluriel de clavier. |
Where the eye mixes casiers and claviers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. casiers runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against claviers's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between casiers and claviers
A purely visual mix-up. casiers (\ka.zje\) and claviers (\kla.vje\) 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 44552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casiers is recorded at frequency rank #27,718, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.zje\. claviers is at rank #16,834, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kla.vje\.
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 44552, this pair ranks #209,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casiers vs claviers
Shared letters: aceirs. Private to "casiers": -. Private to "claviers": lv.
"casiers" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "claviers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casiers" and "claviers" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "casiers" vs "claviers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casiers" and "claviers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casiers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "claviers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,633 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casiers" and "claviers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caries vs casiers". 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 #209,633 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.