cassées vs cassettes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#23,475
“cassées” frequency rank: #23,474
“cassettes” frequency rank: 46949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	cassées	cassettes
Definition	Féminin pluriel de cassé.	Pluriel de cassette.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set cassées and cassettes apart are highlighted. They share 6 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

cassées

9 ch

cassettes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cassées is \ka.se\ while cassettes is \ka.sɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46949, 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\. cassettes is at rank #23,474, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.sɛt\.

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 46949, this pair ranks #190,788 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cassées vs cassettes

Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassées": é. Private to "cassettes": t.

"cassées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "cassettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

cassettes ← acssettes · casesttes · casettes · cassetes · cassetets · cassettess · cassettse · casstetes

Frequency comparison

cassées#23,475

cassettes#23,474

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cassées" and "cassettes" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cassées" is an adjective and "cassettes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "cassées" or "cassettes"?

"cassettes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,474 in our French list, against #23,475 for "cassées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering cassées vs cassettes

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “cassées”; for a noun, it's “cassettes”.
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