Which to use
“casques” and “chèques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,537
- “casques” frequency rank
- #10,841
- “chèques” frequency rank
- 22378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casques | chèques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de casque. | Pluriel de chèque. |
Where the eye mixes casques and chèques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses casques with chèques
A purely visual mix-up. casques (\kask\) and chèques (\ʃɛk\) 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 22378, 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\. chèques is at rank #10,841, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛk\.
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 22378, this pair ranks #358,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casques vs chèques
Shared letters: ceqsu. Private to "casques": a. Private to "chèques": hè.
"casques" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "chèques" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- casques ← acsques · caqsues · casqeus · casqques · casquess · casquse · cassques · casuqes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "casques" for "chèques" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "casques" or "chèques" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "casques" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chèques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casques" and "chèques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casques vs casus". 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 #358,312 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.