Which to use
“casse” and “cese” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,411
- “casse” frequency rank
- #47,212
- “cese” frequency rank
- 49623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casse | cese |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Cessation, action de cesser. |
Where the eye mixes casse and cese
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. casse runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cese's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses casse with cese
A purely visual mix-up. casse (\kɑs\) and cese (\ˈθese\) 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 49623, 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\. cese is at rank #47,212, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈθese\.
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 49623, this pair ranks #169,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casse vs cese
Shared letters: ces. Private to "casse": a. Private to "cese": -.
"casse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casse" and "cese" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "casse" vs "cese" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "casse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cese" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,149 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casse" and "cese" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CCE vs cese". 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 #169,149 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.