chasser

\ʃa.se\

/\ʃa.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“chasser” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,594
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre dehors avec violence ; contraindre ou forcer de sortir de quelque lieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chasser · chasser · French

chasser · rank #6,594 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,594
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH certitude

Nearest frequency peer: certitude (-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 « chasser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chasser » 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).

chasser vs classe
71% similar
chasser vs crasse
71% similar
chasser vs chaste
71% similar

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

Key facts for chasser
PropertyValue
Headwordchasser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃa.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,594
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chasser »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chasserse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « certitude » (#6,593), « cauchemar » (#6,592), « circuits » (#6,596). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chasser » est au #6,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chasser (IPA \ʃa.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,594 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chasser, with forms such as "cahsser", "cchasser", and "chaser". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "classe", "crasse", "chaste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chasser, spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre dehors avec violence ; contraindre ou forcer de sortir de quelque lieu.
  2. 2
    Congédier, renvoyer une personne dont on est mal satisfait.
  3. 3
    Poursuivre, prendre en chasse, en parlant d’un navire.
  4. 4
    Chercher à tuer le gibier ou les bêtes féroces.
  5. 5
    Chercher à tuer toute sorte de gibier.
  6. 6
    Mener, faire marcher devant soi, en parlant principalement des bestiaux.
  7. 7
    Pousser quelque chose en avant.
  8. 8
    Être poussé ou projeté en avant.
  9. 9
    Occuper un certain espace. Avancer.
  10. 10
    Exécuter le pas de danse appelé chassé.
  11. 11
    Souffler, en parlant de courant d'air dans une maison. ^([1])

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Soutenus dans le ciel par les avions de la coalition (qui, à partir de la fin septembre, avaient concentré quasiment tous leurs efforts sur Kobané), ultra-déterminés, ultra-organisés, renforcés par leurs bataillons féminins d’une redoutable efficacité, les YPG reconquirent, mètre après mètre, la moitié de la ville que les djihadistes leur avaient prise, a…
  2. Le fanon musculeux ballottait de droite et de gauche […], tandis que la queue vigilante voltigeait sans relâche alentour de leurs cuisses et de leurs flancs, chassant les taons assoiffés de sang et les mouches importunes.

Synonyms

congédierdégagerdonner son congéfaire sortirfoutre à la lourdefoutre à la portelourderlicenciermettre à la lourdemettre à la porteremercierrenvoyervirer

This word in other languages

chase away(English)cazar(Español)werfen(Deutsch)caçar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahsser
  • cchasser
  • chaser
  • chasesr
  • chasserr
  • chassre
  • chhasser
  • chsaser
  • hcasser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chasser - 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.

cahsser2cchasser1chaser1chasesr2chasserr1chassre2chhasser1chsaser2
Edit distance from "chasser"

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 "chasser"?
"chasser" is spelled C-H-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.se\.
What does "chasser" mean?
As a verb, "chasser" means: Mettre dehors avec violence ; contraindre ou forcer de sortir de quelque lieu.
What words are commonly confused with "chasser"?
"chasser" is commonly confused with "classe", "crasse", "chaste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chasser" is \ʃa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chasser" come from?
"chasser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

camions#6,591civiles#6,597battent#6,589assises#6,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

foyers9 variantsMunich9 variantsrobots9 variantsrachat9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list