chasse à l’humain
\ʃas a l‿y.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“chasse à l’humain” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- 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-humain · chasse à l’humain · French
chasse à l’humain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 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’humain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃas a l‿y.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chasse à l’humain is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃas a l‿y.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chasse à l’humain has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chasse à l’humain, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E- -À- -L-’-H-U-M-A-I-N.
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’humain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sylvain Runberg a imaginé une suite à la fameuse nouvelle « Les chasses du comte Zaroff », devenu un film culte en 1932. Zaroff, adepte de la chasse à l’humain, a survécu.
Chaque moment clé du film, faisant passer d’une étape à l’autre dans cette chasse à l’humain et augmentant la tension d’un cran, est le résultat d’une interaction avec la nature. Les animaux, les rivières, les feuilles mortes, etc., Vincent Paronnaud explore toutes les possibilités qu’elle offre et les utilise de manière intelligente.
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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.