chiasse

\ʃjas\

/\ʃjas\/ noun

The verdict

“chiasse” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,180
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excréments de mouche, de ver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chiasse · chiasse · French

chiasse · rank #41,180 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,180
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chauffent

Nearest frequency peer: chauffent (-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 « chiasse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chiasse » 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).

chiasse vs Cissé
43% similar
chiasse vs classe
71% similar
chiasse vs cuisse
71% similar

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

Key facts for chiasse
PropertyValue
Headwordchiasse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃjas\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,180
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chiasse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chiassese 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 « chauffent » (#41,179), « choppe » (#41,181), « chau » (#41,178). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chiasse » est au #41,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around chiasse (IPA \ʃjas\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,180 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for chiasse, with forms such as "cchiasse", "chhiasse", and "chisase". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cissé", "classe", "cuisse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chiasse, spelled C-H-I-A-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Excréments de mouche, de ver.
  2. 2
    Diarrhée.
  3. 3
    Écume des métaux en fusion.
  4. 4
    Malchance, poisse, Ennui, dérangement.
  5. 5
    Personne extrêmement dérangeante, agaçante.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il battit le briquet et enflamma l’alcool dont les mains d’Angelo étaient recouvertes : « Vaut mieux des cloques que la chiasse par ce temps-ci, croyez-moi. D’ailleurs, ça brûle juste les poils.
  2. Il y a les coteaux de Bry, où s’attrapent les épidémies de chiasse de reines-claudes et de mirabelles.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchiasse
  • chhiasse
  • chisase
  • cihasse
  • hciasse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchiasse1chhiasse1chisase2cihasse2hciasse2
Edit distance from "chiasse"

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 "chiasse"?
"chiasse" is spelled C-H-I-A-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃjas\.
What does "chiasse" mean?
As a noun, "chiasse" means: Excréments de mouche, de ver.
What words are commonly confused with "chiasse"?
"chiasse" is commonly confused with "Cissé", "classe", "cuisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chiasse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chiasse" is \ʃjas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chiasse" come from?
"chiasse" 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 "chiasse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list