Which to use
“casques” and “casses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,537
- “casques” frequency rank
- #19,471
- “casses” frequency rank
- 31008
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casques | casses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de casque. | Pluriel de casse. |
Where the eye mixes casques and casses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. casques runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against casses's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: casques vs casses
A purely visual mix-up. casques (\kask\) and casses (\kas\) 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 31008, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casques is recorded at frequency rank #11,537, classified as anoun, pronounced \kask\. casses is at rank #19,471, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kas\.
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 31008, this pair ranks #306,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casques vs casses
Shared letters: aces. Private to "casques": qu. Private to "casses": -.
"casques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "casses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casques" and "casses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "casques" or "casses"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "casques" and "casses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casques" and "casses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casses vs chassées". 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 #306,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.