Which to use
“casus” and “crassus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,398
- “casus” frequency rank
- #39,246
- “crassus” frequency rank
- 87644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casus | crassus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chute. | Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée. |
Letter map: casus vs crassus
Shared letters muted; letters that set casus and crassus apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. casus runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against crassus's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - casus / crassus
casus and crassus are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casus is recorded at frequency rank #48,398, classified as anoun. 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 87644, this pair ranks #8,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casus vs crassus
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "casus": -. Private to "crassus": r.
"casus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "crassus" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casus" and "crassus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "casus" or "crassus" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "casus" and "crassus".
- Full dictionary entry for "casus" 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 #8,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casus" and "crassus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs casus". 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 #8,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.