Which to use
“chassée” and “chaste” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,929
- “chassée” frequency rank
- #42,791
- “chaste” frequency rank
- 77720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassée | chaste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de chassé. | Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair. |
Where the eye mixes chassée and chaste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chassée runs 7 letters (CCVCCVV) against chaste's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses chassée with chaste
A purely visual mix-up. chassée (\ʃa.se\) and chaste (\ʃast\) 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 77720, 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\. chaste is at rank #42,791, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃast\.
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 77720, this pair ranks #27,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chassée vs chaste
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "chassée": é. Private to "chaste": t.
"chassée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chaste" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaste ← cahste · cchaste · chaset · chasste · chastte · chatse · chhaste · chsate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chassée" for "chaste" ever safe?
Which is more common, "chassée" or "chaste"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassée" and "chaste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chapter vs chaste". 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 #27,620 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.