Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "cassette" or "chaussette"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- 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.