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

#14,626
“cassette” frequency rank
#21,263
“chaussette” frequency rank
35889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cassette chaussette
Definition Petite boîte où l’on range ordinairement des objets précieux et de peu de volume. Bas qui s’arrête à mi-jambe, qui se porte à l'intérieur d’une chaussure.

Where the eye mixes cassette and chaussette

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. cassette runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against chaussette's 10 (CCVVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
cassette
10 ch
chaussette

Look-alike desk: cassette vs chaussette

A purely visual mix-up. cassette (\ka.sɛt\) and chaussette (\ʃo.sɛt\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cassette is recorded at frequency rank #14,626, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.sɛt\. chaussette is at rank #21,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃo.sɛt\.

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 35889, this pair ranks #273,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cassette vs chaussette

Shared letters: acest. Private to "cassette": -. Private to "chaussette": hu.

"cassette" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV  ·  "chaussette" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cassette ← acssette · casestte · casette · cassete · cassetet · casstete · ccassette · csasette
  • chaussette ← cahussette · cchaussette · chasusette · chausestte · chausette · chaussete · chaussetet · chausstete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cassette" and "chaussette" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ka.sɛt\ versus \ʃo.sɛt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cassette" or "chaussette"?
"cassette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,626 in our French list, against #21,263 for "chaussette". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "cassette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chaussette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cassette" and "chaussette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassette vs Cosette". 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 #273,496 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