Which to use
“cavité” and “cécité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,828
- “cavité” frequency rank
- #27,396
- “cécité” frequency rank
- 43224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cavité | cécité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Creux, vide dans un corps solide. | État d’une personne aveugle. |
Where the eye mixes cavité and cécité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cavité and cécité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cavité with cécité
A purely visual mix-up. cavité (\ka.vi.te\) and cécité (\se.si.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cavité is recorded at frequency rank #15,828, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.vi.te\. cécité is at rank #27,396, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.si.te\.
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 43224, this pair ranks #219,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cavité vs cécité
Shared letters: cité. Private to "cavité": av. Private to "cécité": -.
"cavité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cécité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cavité" and "cécité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cavité" or "cécité"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cavité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cécité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,723 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cavité" and "cécité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cécité vs certe". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #219,723 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.