casservscauseraConfusable pair

Which to use

“casser” and “causera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,388
“casser” frequency rank
#41,697
“causera” frequency rank
45085
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casser causera
Definition Briser ; rompre. Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe causer.

Where the eye mixes casser and causera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
casser
7 ch
causera

Look-alike desk: casser vs causera

A purely visual mix-up. casser (\ka.se\) and causera (\ko.zə.ʁa\) 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 45085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casser is recorded at frequency rank #3,388, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.se\. causera is at rank #41,697, tagged as averb, pronounced \ko.zə.ʁa\.

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 45085, this pair ranks #205,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of casser vs causera

Shared letters: acers. Private to "casser": -. Private to "causera": u.

"casser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "causera" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casseracsser · casesr · casserr · cassre · ccasser · csaser
  • causeraacusera · casuera · cauesra · causear · causerra · causrea · caussera · ccausera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "casser" and "causera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ka.se\ versus \ko.zə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "casser" vs "causera" - which ranks higher?
"casser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,388 in our French list, against #41,697 for "causera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,537 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casser" and "causera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabrera vs causera". 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 #205,537 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list