chasse-coquin
\ʃa.sə.kɔ.kɛ̃\
The verdict
“chasse-coquin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bedeau qui s’emploie à chasser les miséreux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasse-coquin · chasse-coquin · French
chasse-coquin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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-coquin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.sə.kɔ.kɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chasse-coquin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chasse-coquin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.sə.kɔ.kɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chasse-coquin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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-coquin, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E---C-O-Q-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Bedeau qui s’emploie à chasser les miséreux.
- 2Bâton utilisé contre les Jacobins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chasse-coquin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alléchés par ces distributions, les pauvres accourent de tous côtés à Lyon, qui ne peut faire face : on affecte donc à l’Aumône des bedeaux, familièrement appelés « chasse-coquins », chargés d’expulser les indésirables.
En 1662, un peu partout, des « chasse-coquins » armés refoulaient les mendiants des campagnes qui assiégeaient les portes des villes […]
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.