Which to use
“casser” and “cessera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,388
- “casser” frequency rank
- #22,509
- “cessera” frequency rank
- 25897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casser | cessera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Briser ; rompre. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur du verbe cesser. |
Where the eye mixes casser and cessera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. casser runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against cessera's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses casser with cessera
A purely visual mix-up. casser (\ka.se\) and cessera (\sɛ.sə.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 25897, 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\. cessera is at rank #22,509, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɛ.sə.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 25897, this pair ranks #338,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casser vs cessera
Shared letters: acers. Private to "casser": -. Private to "cessera": -.
"casser" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cessera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casser" and "cessera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "casser" vs "cessera" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "casser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cessera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #338,255 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casser" and "cessera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causera vs cessera". 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 #338,255 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.