Which to use
“cassez” and “chassez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,562
- “cassez” frequency rank
- #41,703
- “chassez” frequency rank
- 63265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassez | chassez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe casser. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser. |
Where the eye mixes cassez and chassez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cassez runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against chassez's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cassez vs chassez
A purely visual mix-up. cassez (\ka.se\) and chassez (\ʃa.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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63265, 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\. chassez is at rank #41,703, tagged as averb, 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 63265, this pair ranks #82,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassez vs chassez
Shared letters: acesz. Private to "cassez": -. Private to "chassez": h.
"cassez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "chassez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassez" for "chassez" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cassez" and "chassez" 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 "chassez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassez" and "chassez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chassez". 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 #82,863 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.