chasse

\ʃas\

/\ʃas\/ noun

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The verdict

“chasse” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,806
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de chasser, c’est-à-dire poursuivre pour capturer ou tuer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chasse · chasse · French

chasse · rank #1,806 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,806
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH championnat

Nearest frequency peer: championnat (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “chasse”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “chasse” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chasse vs chose
67% similar
chasse vs chats
67% similar
chasse vs class
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chasse
PropertyValue
Headwordchasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,806
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “chasse” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chassese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « championnat » (#1,805), « complet » (#1,807), « cancer » (#1,804). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around chasse (IPA \ʃas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,806 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 19 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chasse, with forms such as "cahsse", "cchasse", and "chases". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chose", "chats", "class", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chasse, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de chasser, c’est-à-dire poursuivre pour capturer ou tuer.
  2. 2
    Activité humaine qui consiste à poursuivre ou surveiller le gibier en forêt ou en nature pour le tuer.
  3. 3
    Réserve, terre ou domaine consacré à la chasse.
  4. 4
    Collectivement, les chasseurs, les chiens et tout l’équipage qui chasse.
  5. 5
    Gibier que l’on prend.
  6. 6
    Poursuite.
  7. 7
    Dimension variable d’un caractère typographique, mesurée dans un plan parallèle à la surface imprimante parallèlement à la ligne de base.
  8. 8
    Facilité plus ou moins grande qu’une voiture, ou tout autre véhicule, a de se porter en avant.
  9. 9
    Jeu, liberté de course qu’on laisse à quelques parties d’une machine, pour qu’elle puisse se prêter à des irrégularités accidentelles de force et de mouvement.
  10. 10
    Jeu, liberté de course qu’on laisse à quelques parties d’une machine, pour qu’elle puisse se prêter à des irrégularités accidentelles de force et de mouvement.
  11. 11
    Courant artificiel que l’on produit dans les ports pour dégager le chenal des sables qu’y apportent les marées.
  12. 12
    Chasse d’eau.
  13. 13
    Matériau explosif permettant de propulser une charge utile.
  14. 14
    Combat entre ou contre des animaux sauvages dans les jeux du cirque.
  15. 15
    Au cricket ce sont les actions que fait l'équipe qui lance la balle, pour pouvoir la récupérer.
  16. 16
    Chemin dans le bocage.
  17. 17
    Ensemble des avions de chasse d'un pays.
  18. 18
    Partie de carton débordant du volume en tête ou en queue ou en gouttière.
  19. 19
    Outil de carrier servant à polir ou creuser une pierre

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Entre autres manies, mon oncle avait celle de tuer tous les chats qu’il rencontrait. Il faisait, à ces pauvres bêtes, une chasse impitoyable, une guerre acharnée de trappeur.
  2. Le chimpanzé est omnivore, et il est occasionnellement carnivore. Il pratique occasionnellement la chasse et l’on peut voir se manifester à la fois coopération et stratégie d’encerclement et de diversion dans la chasse aux petits potamochères.

Synonyms

corps

This word in other languages

hunting(English)cacería(Español)Jagd(Deutsch)caça(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahsse
  • cchasse
  • chases
  • chhasse
  • chsase
  • hcasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chasse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahsse2cchasse1chases2chhasse1chsase2hcasse2
Edit distance from "chasse"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chasse"?
"chasse" is spelled C-H-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃas\.
What does "chasse" mean?
As a noun, "chasse" means: Action de chasser, c’est-à-dire poursuivre pour capturer ou tuer.
What words are commonly confused with "chasse"?
"chasse" is commonly confused with "chose", "chats", "class". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chasse" is \ʃas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chasse" come from?
"chasse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cancer#1,804essaie#1,813impact#1,818Thomas#1,791

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

vécu6 variantsmarc6 variantscoût6 variantsaimer6 variants

What to do next

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  • "chasse" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "chose". View pair
  • 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,806 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list