chausser

\ʃo.se\

/\ʃo.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“chausser” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,215. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,215
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre des bas, des chaussettes, des souliers, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chausser · chausser · French

chausser · rank #47,215 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,215
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chabrol

Nearest frequency peer: chabrol (-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 « chausser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chausser » 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).

chausser vs classer
75% similar
chausser vs chausson
75% similar
chausser vs chaussure
78% similar

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

Key facts for chausser
PropertyValue
Headwordchausser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃo.se\
Letters8
Frequency rank#47,215
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chausser »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chausserse 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 « chabrol » (#47,214), « cheik » (#47,216), « CFP » (#47,213). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chausser » est au #47,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chausser (IPA \ʃo.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,215 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chausser, with forms such as "cahusser", "cchausser", and "chasuser". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "classer", "chausson", "chaussure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 chausser, spelled C-H-A-U-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre des bas, des chaussettes, des souliers, etc.
  2. 2
    Mettre une chaussure à quelqu’un, des bas, des chaussettes à quelqu'un, etc.
  3. 3
    Fournir quelqu’un de chaussures.
  4. 4
    Bien aller sur la jambe, sur le pied.
  5. 5
    Ferrer, en parlant du cheval.
  6. 6
    Entourer de terre le pied d’un arbre, d’une plante pour les soutenir et favoriser leur accroissement.
  7. 7
    Porter des chaussures d'une taille donnée, avoir le pied à cette taille.
  8. 8
    Porter.
  9. 9
    S'enticher de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], il avait chaussé de gros souliers à clous et il s'était coiffé d'un chapeau à larges bords comme les forts de la halle.
  2. Lui-même chaussa en un tournemain ses vieux croquenots mal cirés, avachis et trop grands, puis enfila son pantalon qui lui pendait disgracieusement par derrière.

Synonyms

enchausser

This word in other languages

shoe(English)calzar(Español)anziehen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahusser
  • cchausser
  • chasuser
  • chauser
  • chausesr
  • chausserr
  • chaussre
  • chhausser
  • chuasser
  • hcausser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahusser2cchausser1chasuser2chauser1chausesr2chausserr1chaussre2chhausser1
Edit distance from "chausser"

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 "chausser"?
"chausser" is spelled C-H-A-U-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.se\.
What does "chausser" mean?
As a verb, "chausser" means: Mettre des bas, des chaussettes, des souliers, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "chausser"?
"chausser" is commonly confused with "classer", "chausson", "chaussure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chausser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chausser" is \ʃo.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chausser" come from?
"chausser" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cathéter#47,209Caennais#47,199bouleaux#47,192Boisvert#47,190

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

chenaux10 variantscaritas10 variantscalepin10 variantsBreslau10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list