Which to use
“cassin” and “châssis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,220
- “cassin” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 53409
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassin | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Châssis au-dessus du métier à tisser la soie, où sont attachées les poulies. | Ouvrage composé de plusieurs pièces de menuiserie formant ordinairement des cadres où l’on met des vitres, de la toile ou des feuilles de papier huilé, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cassin and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cassin and châssis
A purely visual mix-up. cassin (\ka.sɛ̃\) and châssis (\ʃɑ.si\) 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 53409, 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\. châssis is at rank #11,189, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ.si\.
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 53409, this pair ranks #140,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cassin vs châssis
Shared letters: cis. Private to "cassin": an. Private to "châssis": hâ.
"cassin" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cassin ← acssin · casin · casisn · cassinn · cassni · ccassin · csasin
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cassin" and "châssis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cassin" or "châssis"?
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 "châssis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,921 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassin" and "châssis" 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 #140,921 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.