Which to use
“chassée” is an adjective and “chassez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,929
- “chassée” frequency rank
- #41,703
- “chassez” frequency rank
- 76632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassée | chassez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de chassé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chasser. |
Same sound, different letters: chassée vs chassez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. chassée (CCVCCVV) and chassez (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: chassée vs chassez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chassée and chassez 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 76632, 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\. chassez is at rank #41,703, 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 76632, this pair ranks #30,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chassée vs chassez
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "chassée": é. Private to "chassez": z.
"chassée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chassez" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chassez ← cahssez · cchassez · chasesz · chasez · chassezz · chassze · chhassez · chsasez
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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 "chassez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,579 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassée" and "chassez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chassez". 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 #30,579 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.