Which to use
“chasse” and “châssis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,806
- “chasse” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 12995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chasse | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de chasser, c’est-à-dire poursuivre pour capturer ou tuer. | 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 chasse and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chasse vs châssis
A purely visual mix-up. chasse (\ʃas\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chasse is recorded at frequency rank #1,806, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃas\. 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 12995, this pair ranks #402,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chasse vs châssis
Shared letters: chs. Private to "chasse": ae. Private to "châssis": iâ.
"chasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chasse ← cahsse · cchasse · chases · chhasse · chsase · hcasse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chasse" and "châssis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chasse" or "châssis"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chasse" 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 #402,863 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chasse" 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 #402,863 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.