chasse aux sorcières

\ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\

/\ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chasse aux sorcières” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Campagne de persécutions de personnes, particulièrement de femmes, accusées de pratiquer la magie noire, lancée à partir du XIIᵉ siècle par l’Église catholique romaine et les églises réformées.

Key facts for chasse aux sorcières
PropertyValue
Headwordchasse aux sorcières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chasse aux sorcières” sits in French frequency

chasse aux sorcières falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chasse aux sorcières is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for chasse aux sorcières in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chasse aux sorcières, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E- -A-U-X- -S-O-R-C-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Campagne de persécutions de personnes, particulièrement de femmes, accusées de pratiquer la magie noire, lancée à partir du XIIᵉ siècle par l’Église catholique romaine et les églises réformées.
  2. 2
    Élimination de tous les opposants politiques au régime en place.

This word in other languages

witch hunt(English)Hexenverfolgung(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chasse aux sorcières"?
"chasse aux sorcières" is spelled C-H-A-S-S-E- -A-U-X- -S-O-R-C-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\.
What does "chasse aux sorcières" mean?
As a noun, "chasse aux sorcières" means: Campagne de persécutions de personnes, particulièrement de femmes, accusées de pratiquer la magie noire, lancée à partir du XIIᵉ siècle par l’Église catholique romaine et les églises réformées.
How do you pronounce "chasse aux sorcières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chasse aux sorcières" is \ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chasse aux sorcières" come from?
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Using “chasse aux sorcières”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-S-S-E- -A-U-X- -S-O-R-C-I-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃa.s‿o sɔʁ.sjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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