Which to use
“causses” is a noun and “chaussées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,974
- “causses” frequency rank
- #18,147
- “chaussées” frequency rank
- 67121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causses | chaussées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de causse. | Féminin pluriel de chaussé. |
Where the eye mixes causses and chaussées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. causses runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against chaussées's 9 (CCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: causses vs chaussées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: causses is \kos\ while chaussées is \ʃo.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67121, 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\. chaussées is at rank #18,147, tagged as anadj, 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 67121, this pair ranks #64,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of causses vs chaussées
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "causses": -. Private to "chaussées": hé.
"causses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "chaussées" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- causses ← acusses · casuses · causess · caussess · caussse · ccausses · cuasses
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "causses" and "chaussées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "causses" or "chaussées" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "causses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causses" and "chaussées" 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 #64,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.