Which to use
“cassis” is a noun and “cassos” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,242
- “cassis” frequency rank
- #36,750
- “cassos” frequency rank
- 61992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassis | cassos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum. | Je m’en vais (ou on s’en va), je me casse (ou on se casse) ; parfois utilisé dans le sens de « au revoir », « salut ». |
Where the eye mixes cassis and cassos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassis and cassos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cassis with cassos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cassis is \ka.sis\ while cassos is \ka.sɔs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “cassis” becomes o in “cassos”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassis is recorded at frequency rank #25,242, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.sis\. cassos is at rank #36,750, tagged as anintj, pronounced \ka.sɔs\.
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 61992, this pair ranks #89,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassis vs cassos
Shared letters: acs. Private to "cassis": i. Private to "cassos": o.
"cassis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cassos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassis" for "cassos" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cassis" or "cassos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #89,412 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassis" and "cassos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassos vs causses". 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 #89,412 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.