Which to use
“cassis” and “châssis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,242
- “cassis” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 36431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassis | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum. | 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 cassis and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cassis and châssis
A purely visual mix-up. cassis (\ka.sis\) 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 36431, 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\. 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 36431, this pair ranks #269,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cassis vs châssis
Shared letters: cis. Private to "cassis": a. Private to "châssis": hâ.
"cassis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cassis ← acssis · casis · casiss · cassiss · casssi · ccassis · csasis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cassis" for "châssis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "cassis" or "châssis" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cassis" and "châssis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassis" 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 #269,673 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassis" and "châssis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassis 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 #269,673 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.