Which to use
“casus” and “CSS” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,398
- “casus” frequency rank
- #18,705
- “CSS” frequency rank
- 67103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casus | CSS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chute. | Séquence d’instructions de rendu visuel, auditif ou tactile d’une ressource HTML ou XML. |
Letter map: casus vs CSS
Shared letters muted; letters that set casus and CSS apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Pair insight - casus / CSS
casus and CSS 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 67103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casus is recorded at frequency rank #48,398, classified as anoun. CSS is at rank #18,705, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se ɛ.s‿ɛs\.
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 67103, this pair ranks #64,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casus vs CSS
Shared letters: cs. Private to "casus": au. Private to "CSS": -.
"casus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "CSS" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- casus ← acsus · cassu · cassus · casuss · causs · ccasus · csaus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casus" and "CSS" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "casus" vs "CSS" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "casus" vs "CSS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "casus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "CSS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,886 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casus" and "CSS" 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 #64,886 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.