Which to use
“casses” and “cassis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,471
- “casses” frequency rank
- #25,242
- “cassis” frequency rank
- 44713
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casses | cassis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de casse. | Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum. |
Where the eye mixes casses and cassis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between casses and cassis
A purely visual mix-up. casses (\kas\) and cassis (\ka.sis\) 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 a single letter - e in “casses” becomes i in “cassis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casses is recorded at frequency rank #19,471, classified as anoun, pronounced \kas\. cassis is at rank #25,242, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.sis\.
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 44713, this pair ranks #208,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casses vs cassis
Shared letters: acs. Private to "casses": e. Private to "cassis": i.
"casses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cassis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casses" and "cassis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "casses" or "cassis"?
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 "casses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,376 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casses" and "cassis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassis vs causses". 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 #208,376 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.