Which to use
“chaires” and “chaises” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,196
- “chaires” frequency rank
- #9,130
- “chaises” frequency rank
- 47326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaires | chaises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chaire. | Pluriel de chaise. |
Where the eye mixes chaires and chaises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. chaires and chaises follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between chaires and chaises
A purely visual mix-up. chaires (\ʃɛʁ\) and chaises (\ʃɛz\) 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 a single letter - r in “chaires” becomes s in “chaises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47326, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaires is recorded at frequency rank #38,196, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛʁ\. chaises is at rank #9,130, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛz\.
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 47326, this pair ranks #187,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaires vs chaises
Shared letters: acehis. Private to "chaires": r. Private to "chaises": -.
"chaires" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "chaises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chaires" and "chaises" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chaires" vs "chaises" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #187,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaires" and "chaises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaires vs chantres". 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 #187,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.