Which to use
“chassée” is an adjective and “chasser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,929
- “chassée” frequency rank
- #6,594
- “chasser” frequency rank
- 41523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassée | chasser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de chassé. | Mettre dehors avec violence ; contraindre ou forcer de sortir de quelque lieu. |
Same sound, different letters: chassée vs chasser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. chassée (CCVCCVV) and chasser (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - chassée and chasser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chassée and chasser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃa.se\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41523, 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\. chasser is at rank #6,594, tagged as averb, 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 41523, this pair ranks #232,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chassée vs chasser
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "chassée": é. Private to "chasser": r.
"chassée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chasser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chasser ← cahsser · cchasser · chaser · chasesr · chasserr · chassre · chhasser · chsaser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chassée" and "chasser" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chassée" vs "chasser" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "chassée" / "chasser". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chasser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,470 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassée" and "chasser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassée vs chassées". 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 #232,470 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.