chassent

\ʃas\

/\ʃas\/ verb

The verdict

“chassent” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,294
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chassent · chassent · French

chassent · rank #26,294 · 11 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,294
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chapelet

Nearest frequency peer: chapelet (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chassent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chassent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chassent vs chasser
75% similar
chassent vs chasses
75% similar
chassent vs chassez
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chassent
PropertyValue
Headwordchassent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃas\
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,294
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chassent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chassentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chapelet » (#26,293), « chaussons » (#26,295), « chanceuse » (#26,292). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chassent » est au #26,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chassent (IPA \ʃas\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,294 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chassent, with forms such as "cahssent", "cchassent", and "chasent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "chasser", "chasses", "chassez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chassent, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe chasser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chassent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pendant le reste de l’année, les Beaucairiens fument, jouent aux cartes, chassent et dorment.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahssent
  • cchassent
  • chasent
  • chasesnt
  • chassennt
  • chassentt
  • chassetn
  • chassnet
  • chhassent
  • chsasent
  • hcassent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chassent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahssent2cchassent1chasent1chasesnt2chassennt1chassentt1chassetn2chassnet2
Edit distance from "chassent"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chassent"?
"chassent" is spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃas\.
What does "chassent" mean?
As a verb, "chassent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser.
What words are commonly confused with "chassent"?
"chassent" is commonly confused with "chasser", "chasses", "chassez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chassent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chassent" is \ʃas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chassent" come from?
"chassent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chassent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list