chasse-merde
\ʃas.mɛʁd\
The verdict
“chasse-merde” 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 du labbe ou stercoraire (genre Stercorarius).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasse-merde · chasse-merde · French
chasse-merde · 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-merde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃas.mɛʁd\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chasse-merde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃas.mɛʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom du labbe ou stercoraire (genre Stercorarius).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chasse-merde in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chasse-merde, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E---M-E-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Autre nom du labbe ou stercoraire (genre Stercorarius).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chasse-merde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
chasse-merde, subst. mas. (chacemèrede), t. d’hist. nat. Dénomination aussi impropre que dégoûtante que l’on a appliquée au labre ^([sic : labbe]), oiseau de mer aussi appelé stercoraire, qui poursuit sans relâche une petite espèce de mouette, pour lui faire rejeter le poisson qu’elle a avalé, et non pour se nourrir de sa fiente, ainsi que l’avaient imagi…
Synonyms
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