Which to use
“chaises” and “châssis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,130
- “chaises” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 20319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaises | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chaise. | Ouvrage composé de plusieurs pièces de menuiserie formant ordinairement des cadres où l’on met des vitres, de la toile ou des feuilles de papier huilé, etc. |
Where the eye mixes chaises and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses chaises with châssis
A purely visual mix-up. chaises (\ʃɛz\) and châssis (\ʃɑ.si\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaises is recorded at frequency rank #9,130, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛz\. châssis is at rank #11,189, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ.si\.
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 20319, this pair ranks #368,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaises vs châssis
Shared letters: chis. Private to "chaises": ae. Private to "châssis": â.
"chaises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaises ← cahises · cchaises · chaiess · chaisess · chaisses · chasies · chhaises · chiases
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaises" and "châssis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chaises" vs "châssis" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "chaises" and "châssis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaises" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "châssis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaises" and "châssis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs châssis". 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 #368,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.