Which to use
“chaise” and “claire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,133
- “chaise” frequency rank
- #1,986
- “claire” frequency rank
- 6119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaise | claire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Siège avec dossier, sans accoudoirs. | Les cendres lavées ou les os calcinés dont on se sert pour faire les coupelles dans l’affinage. |
Where the eye mixes chaise and claire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chaise vs claire
A purely visual mix-up. chaise (\ʃɛz\) and claire (\klɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6119, 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\. claire is at rank #1,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced \klɛʁ\.
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 6119, this pair ranks #427,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaise vs claire
Shared letters: acei. Private to "chaise": hs. Private to "claire": lr.
"chaise" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "claire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chaise" and "claire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chaise" or "claire" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chaise" and "claire" 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 "claire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaise" and "claire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaise vs chaste". 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 #427,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.