Which to use
“cassure” and “césure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,457
- “cassure” frequency rank
- #44,409
- “césure” frequency rank
- 78866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cassure | césure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit où un objet est cassé. | Coupure d’un vers. Sorte de repos qui est placé en des endroits différents selon la nature des vers. |
Where the eye mixes cassure and césure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cassure runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against césure's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cassure vs césure
A purely visual mix-up. cassure (\kɑ.syʁ\) and césure (\se.zyʁ\) 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 78866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cassure is recorded at frequency rank #34,457, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ.syʁ\. césure is at rank #44,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.zyʁ\.
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 78866, this pair ranks #24,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cassure vs césure
Shared letters: cersu. Private to "cassure": a. Private to "césure": é.
"cassure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "césure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cassure ← acssure · cassrue · cassuer · cassurre · casure · casusre · ccassure · csasure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cassure" and "césure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cassure" or "césure" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cassure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "césure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cassure" and "césure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cese vs césure". 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 #24,682 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.