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Which to use

“chargées” and “chassées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,125
“chargées” frequency rank
#49,550
“chassées” frequency rank
61675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chargées chassées
Definition Féminin pluriel de chargé. Féminin pluriel de chassé.

Where the eye mixes chargées and chassées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. chargées and chassées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
chargées
8 ch
chassées

Look-alike desk: chargées vs chassées

A purely visual mix-up. chargées (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\) and chassées (\ʃa.se\) 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 61675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chargées is recorded at frequency rank #12,125, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃaʁ.ʒe\. chassées is at rank #49,550, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃa.se\.

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 61675, this pair ranks #91,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chargées vs chassées

Shared letters: acehsé. Private to "chargées": gr. Private to "chassées": -.

"chargées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC  ·  "chassées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chargées" and "chassées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʃaʁ.ʒe\ versus \ʃa.se\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "chargées" vs "chassées" - which ranks higher?
"chargées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,125 in our French list, against #49,550 for "chassées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "chargées" and "chassées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chargées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chassées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,049 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chargées" and "chassées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chasseuse". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #91,049 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list