Which to use
“cassant” and “cuisant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,358
- “cassant” frequency rank
- #36,345
- “cuisant” frequency rank
- 63703
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassant | cuisant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a tendance à se casser aisément. | Qui produit une douleur âpre et aiguë. |
Where the eye mixes cassant and cuisant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassant (CVCCVCC) and cuisant (CVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: cassant vs cuisant
A purely visual mix-up. cassant (\ka.sɑ̃\) and cuisant (\kɥi.zɑ̃\) 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 63703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassant is recorded at frequency rank #27,358, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.sɑ̃\. cuisant is at rank #36,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɥi.zɑ̃\.
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 63703, this pair ranks #80,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassant vs cuisant
Shared letters: acnst. Private to "cassant": -. Private to "cuisant": iu.
"cassant" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "cuisant" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassant" for "cuisant" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cassant" or "cuisant"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cassant" and "cuisant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,615 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassant" and "cuisant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuisant vs cuisante". 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 #80,615 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.