Which to use
“cassées” and “casseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,475
- “cassées” frequency rank
- #49,542
- “casseur” frequency rank
- 73017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassées | casseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de cassé. | Qui casse, violent, agressif. |
Where the eye mixes cassées and casseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassées and casseur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cassées and casseur
A purely visual mix-up. cassées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73017, 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\. 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 73017, this pair ranks #41,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassées vs casseur
Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassées": é. Private to "casseur": ru.
"cassées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "casseur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- casseur ← acsseur · casesur · caseur · casseru · casseurr · ccasseur · csaseur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassées" for "casseur" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cassées" or "casseur" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cassées" and "casseur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassées" 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 #41,953 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassées" 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 #41,953 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.