Which to use
“chassée” is an adjective and “châssis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,929
- “chassée” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 46118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassée | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de chassé. | 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 chassée and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. chassée (CCVCCVV) and châssis (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: chassée vs châssis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chassée is \ʃa.se\ while châssis is \ʃɑ.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46118, 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\. 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 46118, this pair ranks #197,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chassée vs châssis
Shared letters: chs. Private to "chassée": aeé. Private to "châssis": iâ.
"chassée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chassée" for "châssis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chassée" or "châssis" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chassée" and "châssis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassée" 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 #197,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassée" and "châssis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassée vs chassées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #197,463 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.