Which to use
“chassée” and “chassées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,929
- “chassée” frequency rank
- #49,550
- “chassées” frequency rank
- 84479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassée | chassées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de chassé. | Féminin pluriel de chassé. |
Same sound, different letters: chassée vs chassées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. chassée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against chassées's 8 (CCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - chassée / chassées
This is the hard kind. chassée and chassées are pronounced identically (\ʃa.se\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chassée” sits inside “chassées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chassée is recorded at frequency rank #34,929, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃa.se\. 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 84479, this pair ranks #12,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chassée vs chassées
Shared letters: acehsé. Private to "chassée": -. Private to "chassées": -.
"chassée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chassées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chassée" and "chassées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chassée" or "chassées"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassée" 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 #12,936 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassée" and "chassées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chasseuse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #12,936 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.