Which to use
“cessent” and “chassent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,011
- “cessent” frequency rank
- #26,294
- “chassent” frequency rank
- 37305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cessent | chassent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe cesser. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser. |
Where the eye mixes cessent and chassent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cessent runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against chassent's 8 (CCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cessent vs chassent
A purely visual mix-up. cessent (\sɛs\) and chassent (\ʃas\) 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 37305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cessent is recorded at frequency rank #11,011, classified as averb, pronounced \sɛs\. chassent is at rank #26,294, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃas\.
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 37305, this pair ranks #263,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cessent vs chassent
Shared letters: censt. Private to "cessent": -. Private to "chassent": ah.
"cessent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "chassent" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cessent" and "chassent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cessent" or "chassent" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cessent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chassent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cessent" and "chassent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chassent". 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 #263,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.