cassosvscosmosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cassos is a intj, cosmos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cassos” is an intj and “cosmos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,750
“cassos” frequency rank
#17,103
“cosmos” frequency rank
53853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cassos cosmos
Definition 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 ». L’Univers.

Where the eye mixes cassos and cosmos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cassos
6 ch
cosmos

Visual trap between cassos and cosmos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cassos is \ka.sɔs\ while cosmos is \kɔs.mos\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cassos is recorded at frequency rank #36,750, classified as anintj, pronounced \ka.sɔs\. cosmos is at rank #17,103, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔs.mos\.

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 53853, this pair ranks #137,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cassos vs cosmos

Shared letters: cos. Private to "cassos": a. Private to "cosmos": m.

"cassos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "cosmos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cassosacssos · casos · casoss · cassoss · cassso · ccassos · csasos
  • cosmosccosmos · comsos · cosmmos · cosmoss · cosmso · cosoms · cossmos · csomos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cassos" and "cosmos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cassos" is an intj and "cosmos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cassos" vs "cosmos" - which ranks higher?
"cosmos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,103 in our French list, against #36,750 for "cassos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "cassos" and "cosmos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cassos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cosmos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #137,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cassos" and "cosmos" 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 #137,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list