Which to use
“casse” is a noun and “close” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,411
- “casse” frequency rank
- #10,842
- “close” frequency rank
- 13253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casse | close |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Féminin singulier de clos. |
Where the eye mixes casse and close
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: casse vs close
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: casse is \kɑs\ while close is \kloz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13253, 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\. close is at rank #10,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kloz\.
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 13253, this pair ranks #401,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casse vs close
Shared letters: ces. Private to "casse": a. Private to "close": lo.
"casse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "close" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casse" and "close" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "casse" or "close" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casse" and "close" 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 "close" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #401,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casse" and "close" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cese vs close". 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 #401,794 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.