Which to use
“cassées” is an adjective and “causés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,475
- “cassées” frequency rank
- #10,466
- “causés” frequency rank
- 33941
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassées | causés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de cassé. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe causer. |
Where the eye mixes cassées and causés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against causés's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cassées and causés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cassées is \ka.se\ while causés is \ko.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33941, 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\. causés is at rank #10,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \ko.ze\.
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 33941, this pair ranks #287,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cassées vs causés
Shared letters: acsé. Private to "cassées": e. Private to "causés": u.
"cassées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "causés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cassées" and "causés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cassées" or "causés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cassées" and "causés" 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 "causés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,235 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassées" and "causés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassées vs chassées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #287,235 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.