Which to use
“casse” and “cause” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,411
- “casse” frequency rank
- #332
- “cause” frequency rank
- 2743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casse | cause |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boîte plate et découverte, composée de deux parties, le haut de casse (majuscules) et le bas de casse (minuscules), et divisée en petites cases pour chaque caractère. | Ce qui fait qu’une chose est ou s’opère. |
Where the eye mixes casse and cause
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: casse vs cause
A purely visual mix-up. casse (\kɑs\) and cause (\koz\) 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 a single letter - s in “casse” becomes u in “cause”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casse is recorded at frequency rank #2,411, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑs\. cause is at rank #332, tagged as anoun, pronounced \koz\.
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 2743, this pair ranks #435,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casse vs cause
Shared letters: aces. Private to "casse": -. Private to "cause": u.
"casse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cause" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "casse" for "cause" ever safe?
Which is more common, "casse" or "cause"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casse" and "cause" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cause" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casse" and "cause" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casse 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 #435,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.