Which to use
“cassin” and “cassis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,220
- “cassin” frequency rank
- #25,242
- “cassis” frequency rank
- 67462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassin | cassis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Châssis au-dessus du métier à tisser la soie, où sont attachées les poulies. | Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum. |
Where the eye mixes cassin and cassis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cassin with cassis
A purely visual mix-up. cassin (\ka.sɛ̃\) and cassis (\ka.sis\) 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 - n in “cassin” becomes s in “cassis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassin is recorded at frequency rank #42,220, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.sɛ̃\. cassis is at rank #25,242, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.sis\.
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 67462, this pair ranks #63,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassin vs cassis
Shared letters: acis. Private to "cassin": n. Private to "cassis": -.
"cassin" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cassis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassin" for "cassis" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cassin" vs "cassis" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassin" and "cassis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cardin vs cassin". 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 #63,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.