chasse à l’homme
\ʃa.s‿a l‿ɔm\
The verdict
“chasse à l’homme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de traque dont la victime est un être humain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasse-a-l-homme · chasse à l’homme · French
chasse à l’homme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chasse à l’homme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.s‿a l‿ɔm\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chasse à l’homme » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chasse à l’homme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.s‿a l‿ɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chasse à l’homme, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chasse à l’homme, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E- -À- -L-’-H-O-M-M-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de traque dont la victime est un être humain.
- 2Recherche de l’identité d’une personne inconnue ou anonyme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chasse à l’homme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La populace prenait goût à cette chasse à l’homme, elle craignait de se voir frustrer du spectacle qui l’intéressait à un si haut point.
Il leur reste une dernière ressource : celle de la chasse à l’homme. Au début de la campagne, paraît-il, le gouvernement payait une prime de 8 douros (40 francs) par prisonnier et de 4 douros par tête de rebelle coupée.
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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.