Which to use
“chassée” is an adjective and “chausse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,929
- “chassée” frequency rank
- #36,303
- “chausse” frequency rank
- 71232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassée | chausse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de chassé. | Sorte de bas constitué d’un tube de tissu ou de tricot qui monte jusqu’en haut des cuisses (répandu au Moyen Âge). → voir chausses |
Where the eye mixes chassée and chausse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. chassée (CCVCCVV) and chausse (CCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: chassée vs chausse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chassée is \ʃa.se\ while chausse is \ʃos\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 71232, 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\. chausse is at rank #36,303, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃos\.
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 71232, this pair ranks #48,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chassée vs chausse
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "chassée": é. Private to "chausse": u.
"chassée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "chausse" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chausse ← cahusse · cchausse · chasuse · chause · chauses · chhausse · chuasse · hcausse
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chassée" and "chausse" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chassée" vs "chausse" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chausse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,333 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassée" and "chausse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs chausse". 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 #48,333 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.