chasme
\kasm\
The verdict
“chasme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrouverture béante, gouffre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasme · chasme · French
chasme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chasme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kasm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chasme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chasme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kasm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entrouverture béante, gouffre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chasme in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chasme, spelled C-H-A-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Entrouverture béante, gouffre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chasme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a des auberges sur la rive américaine et sur la rive anglaise, des moulins et des manufactures au-dessous du chasme.
Je me serais bien arrangé de finir mes jours dans le castel qui domine le chasme.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.