chasse-bosse
\ʃas.bɔs\
The verdict
“chasse-bosse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre nom de la lysimaque (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasse-bosse · chasse-bosse · French
chasse-bosse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-bosse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃas.bɔs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chasse-bosse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃas.bɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom de la lysimaque (Lysimachia vulgaris).".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chasse-bosse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chasse-bosse, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E---B-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Autre nom de la lysimaque (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chasse-bosse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
chasse-bosse, subst. fém. (chaceboce), t. de bot., plante vivace qui croît sur le bord des étangs. Elle est renommée pour les hémorrhagies. On l’appelle aussi perce-bosse, corneille, lysimachie. — Au plur., des chasse-bosses.
Synonyms
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.