Which to use
“chassant” is an adjective and “chassent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,462
- “chassant” frequency rank
- #26,294
- “chassent” frequency rank
- 60756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassant | chassent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une méthode de progression dans les mines de charbon où la taille s’éloigne perpendiculairement de la galerie principale. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser. |
Where the eye mixes chassant and chassent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. chassant and chassent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between chassant and chassent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chassant is \ʃa.sɑ̃\ while chassent is \ʃas\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “chassant” becomes e in “chassent”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chassant is recorded at frequency rank #34,462, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃa.sɑ̃\. chassent is at rank #26,294, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃas\.
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 60756, this pair ranks #95,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chassant vs chassent
Shared letters: achnst. Private to "chassant": -. Private to "chassent": e.
"chassant" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "chassent" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chassant" for "chassent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chassant" or "chassent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chassant" and "chassent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chassent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassant" and "chassent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassait vs chassant". 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 #95,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.