Which to use
“casses” is a noun and “chassées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,471
- “casses” frequency rank
- #49,550
- “chassées” frequency rank
- 69021
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casses | chassées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de casse. | Féminin pluriel de chassé. |
Where the eye mixes casses and chassées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. casses runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against chassées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between casses and chassées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: casses is \kas\ while chassées is \ʃa.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69021, 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\. chassées is at rank #49,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃa.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 69021, this pair ranks #56,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casses vs chassées
Shared letters: aces. Private to "casses": -. Private to "chassées": hé.
"casses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "chassées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- casses ← acsses · casess · cassess · cassse · ccasses · csases
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casses" and "chassées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "casses" or "chassées" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "casses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chassées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,796 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casses" and "chassées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chasseuse". 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 #56,796 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.