Which to use
“causses” and “chaussée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,974
- “causses” frequency rank
- #5,223
- “chaussée” frequency rank
- 54197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causses | chaussée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de causse. | Sorte de talus qu’on fait au bord d’une rivière, d’un étang, pour retenir l’eau. |
Where the eye mixes causses and chaussée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. causses runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against chaussée's 8 (CCVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses causses with chaussée
A purely visual mix-up. causses (\kos\) and chaussée (\ʃo.se\) 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 54197, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causses is recorded at frequency rank #48,974, classified as anoun, pronounced \kos\. chaussée is at rank #5,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃo.se\.
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 54197, this pair ranks #135,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of causses vs chaussée
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "causses": -. Private to "chaussée": hé.
"causses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "chaussée" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- causses ← acusses · casuses · causess · caussess · caussse · ccausses · cuasses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "causses" and "chaussée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "causses" or "chaussée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "causses" and "chaussée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "causses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causses" and "chaussée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs crosses". 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 #135,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.