Which to use
“cassin” and “casting” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,220
- “cassin” frequency rank
- #7,538
- “casting” frequency rank
- 49758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassin | casting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Châssis au-dessus du métier à tisser la soie, où sont attachées les poulies. | Recherche et choix des artistes (acteurs, danseurs, etc.) pour une production, on recommande le terme audition. |
Where the eye mixes cassin and casting
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cassin vs casting
A purely visual mix-up. cassin (\ka.sɛ̃\) and casting (\kas.tiŋ\) 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 49758, 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\. casting is at rank #7,538, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kas.tiŋ\.
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 49758, this pair ranks #168,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cassin vs casting
Shared letters: acins. Private to "cassin": -. Private to "casting": gt.
"cassin" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "casting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cassin" and "casting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cassin" or "casting" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "casting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #168,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassin" and "casting" 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 #168,065 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.