Which to use
“cassez” and “cessez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,562
- “cassez” frequency rank
- #9,129
- “cessez” frequency rank
- 30691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassez | cessez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe casser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser. |
Where the eye mixes cassez and cessez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassez and cessez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cassez vs cessez
A purely visual mix-up. cassez (\ka.se\) and cessez (\sɛ.se\) 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 - a in “cassez” becomes e in “cessez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassez is recorded at frequency rank #21,562, classified as averb, pronounced \ka.se\. cessez is at rank #9,129, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɛ.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 30691, this pair ranks #308,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cassez vs cessez
Shared letters: cesz. Private to "cassez": a. Private to "cessez": -.
"cassez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cessez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cassez" and "cessez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cassez" vs "cessez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cassez" and "cessez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cessez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,587 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassez" and "cessez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs cassez". 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 #308,587 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.