Which to use
“cassées” is an adjective and “casser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,475
- “cassées” frequency rank
- #3,388
- “casser” frequency rank
- 26863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassées | casser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de cassé. | Briser ; rompre. |
Same sound, different letters: cassées vs casser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cassées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against casser's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cassées vs casser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cassées and casser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ka.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassées is recorded at frequency rank #23,475, classified as anadj, pronounced \ka.se\. casser is at rank #3,388, tagged as averb, pronounced \ka.se\.
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 26863, this pair ranks #332,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cassées vs casser
Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassées": é. Private to "casser": r.
"cassées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "casser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- casser ← acsser · casesr · casserr · cassre · ccasser · csaser
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "cassées" / "casser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,375 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassées" and "casser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassées vs chassées". 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 #332,375 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.