Which to use
“cassis” and “crassus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,242
- “cassis” frequency rank
- #39,246
- “crassus” frequency rank
- 64488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassis | crassus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arbrisseau produisant le fruit du même nom, de nom scientifique Ribes nigrum. | Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée. |
Where the eye mixes cassis and crassus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassis runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against crassus's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cassis vs crassus
A purely visual mix-up. cassis (\ka.sis\) and crassus (\kʁa.sys\) 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 64488, 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\. crassus is at rank #39,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁa.sys\.
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 64488, this pair ranks #76,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassis vs crassus
Shared letters: acs. Private to "cassis": i. Private to "crassus": ru.
"cassis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "crassus" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cassis" and "crassus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cassis" or "crassus"?
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 "crassus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #76,830 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassis" and "crassus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casus vs crassus". 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 #76,830 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.