casséevscassesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cassée is a adjective, casses is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cassée” is an adjective and “casses” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,737
“cassée” frequency rank
#19,471
“casses” frequency rank
32208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cassée casses
Definition Féminin singulier de cassé. Pluriel de casse.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set cassée and casses apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
cassée
6 ch
casses

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cassée is \ka.se\ while casses is \kas\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cassée is recorded at frequency rank #12,737, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.se\. casses is at rank #19,471, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kas\.

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 32208, this pair ranks #298,793 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cassée vs casses

Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassée": é. Private to "casses": -.

"cassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "casses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cassesacsses · casess · cassess · cassse · ccasses · csases

Frequency comparison

cassée#12,737
casses#19,471

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cassée" and "casses" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cassée" is an adjective and "casses" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cassée" or "casses"?
"cassée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,737 in our French list, against #19,471 for "casses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering cassée vs casses

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “cassée”; for a noun, it's “casses”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “cassée” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list