chasse d’eau
\ʃas d‿o\
The verdict
“chasse d’eau” 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 May 6, 2026) - Dispositif destiné à évacuer les déjections de la cuvette des toilettes grâce à un puissant jet dont l'eau provient d'un réservoir à l'air libre ou pressurisé, ou bien directement d'un tuyau de gro...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chasse d’eau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃas d‿o\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chasse d’eau” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chasse d’eau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃas d‿o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositif destiné à évacuer les déjections de la cuvette des toilettes grâce à un puissant jet dont l'eau provient d'un réservoir à l'air libre ou pressurisé, ou bien directement d'un tuyau de gro...".
Zero misspellings are on record for chasse d’eau in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chasse d’eau, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E- -D-’-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Dispositif destiné à évacuer les déjections de la cuvette des toilettes grâce à un puissant jet dont l'eau provient d'un réservoir à l'air libre ou pressurisé, ou bien directement d'un tuyau de gros diamètre relié au réseau d'eau (chasse directe).
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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.
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Using “chasse d’eau”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-S-S-E- -D-’-E-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃas d‿o\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.