Which to use
“casse” and “causses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,411
- “casse” frequency rank
- #48,974
- “causses” frequency rank
- 51385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casse | causses |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Pluriel de causse. |
Where the eye mixes casse and causses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. casse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against causses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between casse and causses
A purely visual mix-up. casse (\kɑs\) and causses (\kos\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51385, 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\. causses is at rank #48,974, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kos\.
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 51385, this pair ranks #155,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casse vs causses
Shared letters: aces. Private to "casse": -. Private to "causses": u.
"casse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "causses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casse" and "causses" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "casse" or "causses"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "casse" and "causses" 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 "causses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casse" and "causses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs crosses". 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 #155,399 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.