Which to use
“casseur” is an adjective and “cassure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,542
- “casseur” frequency rank
- #34,457
- “cassure” frequency rank
- 83999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casseur | cassure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui casse, violent, agressif. | Endroit où un objet est cassé. |
Where the eye mixes casseur and cassure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. casseur (CVCCVVC) and cassure (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between casseur and cassure
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: casseur is \kɑ.sœʁ\ while cassure is \kɑ.syʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casseur is recorded at frequency rank #49,542, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɑ.sœʁ\. cassure is at rank #34,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ.syʁ\.
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 83999, this pair ranks #13,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casseur vs cassure
Shared letters: acersu. Private to "casseur": -. Private to "cassure": -.
"casseur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "cassure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casseur" and "cassure" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "casseur" or "cassure" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casseur" and "cassure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casseur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casseur" and "cassure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs causeur". 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 #13,774 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.