chassie
\ʃa.si\
The verdict
“chassie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance gluante qui s’amasse sur le bord des paupières.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chassie · chassie · French
chassie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chassie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.si\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chassie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chassie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Substance gluante qui s’amasse sur le bord des paupières.".
chassie has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chassie, spelled C-H-A-S-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Substance gluante qui s’amasse sur le bord des paupières.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chassie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certainement cette chassie visqueuse, de nature onctueuse, sébacée, qui n'est pas miscible avec l'eau, et qui est distincte du mucus, ne se dégorge point du sac lacrymal sur l'œil; parce que dans le premier stade de cette maladie, le sac étant comprimé, n'est pas douloureux; […].
Entre deux gémissements, ses yeux débordants de chassie se révulsaient tandis que son corps avachi et rance se ramollissait sous les couvertures.
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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.