chaussette

\ʃo.sɛt\

/\ʃo.sɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“chaussette” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,263
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bas qui s’arrête à mi-jambe, qui se porte à l'intérieur d’une chaussure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaussette · chaussette · French

chaussette · rank #21,263 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,263
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cergy

Nearest frequency peer: Cergy (-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 « chaussette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chaussette » 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).

chaussette vs chaussettes
91% similar
chaussette vs chaussée
70% similar
chaussette vs cassette
80% similar

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

Key facts for chaussette
PropertyValue
Headwordchaussette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃo.sɛt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,263
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaussette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chaussettese 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 « Cergy » (#21,262), « cloutier » (#21,264), « bénéfiques » (#21,261). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaussette » est au #21,263. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chaussette (IPA \ʃo.sɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,263 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaussette, with forms such as "cahussette", "cchaussette", and "chasusette". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chaussettes", "chaussée", "cassette", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chaussette, spelled C-H-A-U-S-S-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bas qui s’arrête à mi-jambe, qui se porte à l'intérieur d’une chaussure.
  2. 2
    Partie inférieure de la patte d’un quadrupède lorsque la coloration de son pelage est différente à cet endroit.
  3. 3
    Bas que l'on mettait sous d'autres bas. Sorte de bas sans pied.
  4. 4
    Sorte de tube fermé en tissu, qui servait à filtrer le café.
  5. 5
    Tube étanche fermé à une extrémité permettant d’introduire un objet dans un milieu, sans contact direct.
  6. 6
    Segment de tresse servant à la jonction de la soie et du backing.
  7. 7
    Dispositif constitué de tissus synthétiques, fixable aux pneus des voitures pour éviter le dérapage sur la neige.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. N'ayant plus ni chaussettes, ni bottines, ni sac, les déguenillés remontent tranquillement leur garde-robe.
  2. — Oui… mon linge s’abîme… Jadis maman le recousait toujours avant de le remettre à la blanchisseuse… Et elle le comptait !… La semaine dernière, on m’a rendu une chaussette de moins… — Vous le voyez bien !… Mariez-vous… Si vous ne le faites pas pour vous, faites-le au moins pour vos chaussettes.

Synonyms

fromegommefromestockfumantefumeronrenifleusebasmolletière

This word in other languages

sock(English)calcetín(Español)Socke(Deutsch)meia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahussette
  • cchaussette
  • chasusette
  • chausestte
  • chausette
  • chaussete
  • chaussetet
  • chausstete
  • chhaussette
  • chuassette
  • hcaussette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahussette2cchaussette1chasusette2chausestte2chausette1chaussete1chaussetet2chausstete2
Edit distance from "chaussette"

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 "chaussette"?
"chaussette" is spelled C-H-A-U-S-S-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo.sɛt\.
What does "chaussette" mean?
As a noun, "chaussette" means: Bas qui s’arrête à mi-jambe, qui se porte à l'intérieur d’une chaussure.
What words are commonly confused with "chaussette"?
"chaussette" is commonly confused with "chaussettes", "chaussée", "cassette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaussette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaussette" is \ʃo.sɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaussette" come from?
"chaussette" 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 "chaussette", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bénéfiques#21,261collecteur#21,265boulevards#21,253connectées#21,273

Similar misspelling depth

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

cloutier11 variantscollusion11 variantsbrûlure11 variantsbrouiller11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list