Which to use
“chaise” is a noun and “chaque” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,133
- “chaise” frequency rank
- #210
- “chaque” frequency rank
- 4343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaise | chaque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Siège avec dossier, sans accoudoirs. | Déterminant distributif, qui se place toujours avant le nom et n’a pas de pluriel. Se dit d’une personne, d’une chose qui fait partie d’un tout, d’un ensemble. |
Where the eye mixes chaise and chaque
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses chaise with chaque
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chaise is \ʃɛz\ while chaque is \ʃak\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaise is recorded at frequency rank #4,133, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛz\. chaque is at rank #210, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃak\.
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 4343, this pair ranks #431,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaise vs chaque
Shared letters: aceh. Private to "chaise": is. Private to "chaque": qu.
"chaise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "chaque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaise" and "chaque" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chaise" or "chaque"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chaise" and "chaque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaise" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,842 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaise" and "chaque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaque vs claquée". 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 #431,842 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.