chausse

\ʃos\

/\ʃos\/ noun

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The verdict

“chausse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,303
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de bas constitué d’un tube de tissu ou de tricot qui monte jusqu’en haut des cuisses (répandu au Moyen Âge). → voir chausses

Corpus desk

Index FR-chausse · chausse · French

chausse · rank #36,303 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,303
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chauveau

Nearest frequency peer: Chauveau (+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 « chausse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chausse » 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).

chausse vs classe
71% similar
chausse vs clause
71% similar
chausse vs chauve
71% similar

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

Key facts for chausse
PropertyValue
Headwordchausse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃos\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,303
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chausse »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chaussese 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 « Chauveau » (#36,304), « chandelier » (#36,301), « chevauchée » (#36,305). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chausse » est au #36,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chausse (IPA \ʃos\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,303 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chausse, with forms such as "cahusse", "cchausse", and "chasuse". 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", "clause", "chauve", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chausse, spelled C-H-A-U-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de bas constitué d’un tube de tissu ou de tricot qui monte jusqu’en haut des cuisses (répandu au Moyen Âge). → voir chausses
  2. 2
    Pièce de soie et de fourrure portée par les universitaires et les juges lors des cérémonies officielles.
  3. 3
    Filtre conique en feutre ou en tissu épais.
  4. 4
    Chausse de colback, pièce de tissus qui orne de coté d'un colback.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au fur et à mesure que nous approchions de Narbonne ce vent du sud devint gras et mouillé. Les rênes collaient, les chausses péguaient, le visage et le torse étaient humides. C'était le vent de la mer.
  2. Et tous ces faux témoins, dans votre cabinet et à la barre, témoins qui sont venus mentir effrontément ? Quelle honte ! Vous aviez peur, Monsieur le Juge, d'y perdre vos chausses ? Votre chausse ?

Synonyms

chaperonépitoge

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahusse
  • cchausse
  • chasuse
  • chause
  • chauses
  • chhausse
  • chuasse
  • hcausse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chausse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahusse2cchausse1chasuse2chause1chauses2chhausse1chuasse2hcausse2
Edit distance from "chausse"

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 "chausse"?
"chausse" is spelled C-H-A-U-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃos\.
What does "chausse" mean?
As a noun, "chausse" means: Sorte de bas constitué d’un tube de tissu ou de tricot qui monte jusqu’en haut des cuisses (répandu au Moyen Âge). → voir chausses
What words are commonly confused with "chausse"?
"chausse" is commonly confused with "classe", "clause", "chauve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chausse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chausse" is \ʃos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chausse" come from?
"chausse" 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 "chausse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Chambon#36,300Chinese#36,307Carrère#36,295collabo#36,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

chick8 variantscapone8 variantsboomer8 variantsbidule8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list