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“casseurs” and “chasseurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,472
“casseurs” frequency rank
#5,222
“chasseurs” frequency rank
24694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casseurs chasseurs
Definition Pluriel de casseur. Pluriel de chasseur.

Where the eye mixes casseurs and chasseurs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. casseurs runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCC) against chasseurs's 9 (CCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
casseurs
9 ch
chasseurs

Why the eye confuses casseurs with chasseurs

A purely visual mix-up. casseurs (\ka.sœʁ\) and chasseurs (\ʃa.sœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casseurs is recorded at frequency rank #19,472, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.sœʁ\. chasseurs is at rank #5,222, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.sœʁ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 24694, this pair ranks #345,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of casseurs vs chasseurs

Shared letters: acersu. Private to "casseurs": -. Private to "chasseurs": h.

"casseurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC  ·  "chasseurs" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casseurs ← acsseurs · casesurs · caseurs · casserus · casseurrs · casseurss · casseusr · cassuers
  • chasseurs ← cahsseurs · cchasseurs · chasesurs · chaseurs · chasserus · chasseurrs · chasseurss · chasseusr

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "casseurs" and "chasseurs" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ka.sœʁ\ versus \ʃa.sœʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "casseurs" or "chasseurs"?
"chasseurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,222 in our French list, against #19,472 for "casseurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "casseurs" and "chasseurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casseurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chasseurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #345,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casseurs" and "chasseurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casseur vs casseurs". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #345,147 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list