chasselas
\ʃa.sla\
The verdict
“chasselas” is uncommon French (frequency #76,417 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,417
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cépage donnant du raisin de table mais aussi de cuve (pour faire du vin). Son nom officiel au catalogue des espèces est chasselas blanc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chasselas · chasselas · French
chasselas · rank #76,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,417
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Chambray
Nearest frequency peer: Chambray (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chasselas »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- certificate
certificate
23,589 corpus weight
- CGP
CGP
23,588 corpus weight
- Chambray
Chambray
23,586 corpus weight
- chasselas
chasselas
23,584 corpus weight
- Chevilly
Chevilly
23,581 corpus weight
- chiendent
chiendent
23,580 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chasselas » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chasselas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.sla\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chasselas » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chasselas is uncommon French at frequency #76,417 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.sla\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage donnant du raisin de table mais aussi de cuve (pour faire du vin). Son nom officiel au catalogue des espèces est chasselas blanc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chasselas in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chasselas, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Cépage donnant du raisin de table mais aussi de cuve (pour faire du vin). Son nom officiel au catalogue des espèces est chasselas blanc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chasselas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une grappe de chasselas.
L’ombre endeuillait le lit à baldaquin, les solives du plafond où l’on avait suspendu des branches de chasselas de la dernière récolte, des grappes fripées et poussiéreuses.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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