Which to use
“cassée” and “casseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,737
- “cassée” frequency rank
- #49,542
- “casseur” frequency rank
- 62279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassée | casseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de cassé. | Qui casse, violent, agressif. |
Where the eye mixes cassée and casseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against casseur's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cassée with casseur
A purely visual mix-up. cassée (\ka.se\) and casseur (\kɑ.sœʁ\) 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 62279, 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\. casseur is at rank #49,542, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɑ.sœʁ\.
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 62279, this pair ranks #87,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassée vs casseur
Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassée": é. Private to "casseur": ru.
"cassée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "casseur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- casseur ← acsseur · casesur · caseur · casseru · casseurr · ccasseur · csaseur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassée" for "casseur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cassée" or "casseur"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cassée" and "casseur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassée" and "casseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs causeur". 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 #87,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.