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“cassent” and “cassez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,823
- “cassent” frequency rank
- #21,562
- “cassez” frequency rank
- 38385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassent | cassez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe casser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe casser. |
Where the eye mixes cassent and cassez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cassent vs cassez
A purely visual mix-up. cassent (\kas\) and cassez (\ka.se\) 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 38385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassent is recorded at frequency rank #16,823, classified as averb, pronounced \kas\. cassez is at rank #21,562, 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 38385, this pair ranks #255,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cassent vs cassez
Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassent": nt. Private to "cassez": z.
"cassent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "cassez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cassent" and "cassez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cassent" or "cassez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #255,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassent" and "cassez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs cassez". 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 #255,619 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.