cassievscassureConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#31,393
“cassie” frequency rank
#34,457
“cassure” frequency rank
65850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cassie cassure
Definition Variété de mimosa qu’on cultive dans le midi de la France pour ses fleurs jaunes très odorantes employées en parfumerie. Endroit où un objet est cassé.

Where the eye mixes cassie and cassure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cassie
7 ch
cassure

Visual trap between cassie and cassure

A purely visual mix-up. cassie (\ka.si\) and cassure (\kɑ.syʁ\) 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 65850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cassie is recorded at frequency rank #31,393, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.si\. 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 65850, this pair ranks #70,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cassie vs cassure

Shared letters: aces. Private to "cassie": i. Private to "cassure": ru.

"cassie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "cassure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cassieacssie · casie · cassei · ccassie · csasie
  • cassureacssure · cassrue · cassuer · cassurre · casure · casusre · ccassure · csasure

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cassie" and "cassure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ka.si\ versus \kɑ.syʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cassie" vs "cassure" - which ranks higher?
"cassie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,393 in our French list, against #34,457 for "cassure". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "cassie" and "cassure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cassie" 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 #70,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cassie" and "cassure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs cassure". 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 #70,496 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