Which to use
“chassées” is an adjective and “chasser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,550
- “chassées” frequency rank
- #6,594
- “chasser” frequency rank
- 56144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassées | chasser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de chassé. | Mettre dehors avec violence ; contraindre ou forcer de sortir de quelque lieu. |
Same sound, different letters: chassées vs chasser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. chassées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against chasser's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - chassées and chasser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: chassées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chassées is recorded at frequency rank #49,550, 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 56144, this pair ranks #122,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chassées vs chasser
Shared letters: acehs. Private to "chassées": é. Private to "chasser": r.
"chassées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "chasser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chasser ← cahsser · cchasser · chaser · chasesr · chasserr · chassre · chhasser · chsaser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chassées" and "chasser" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "chassées" or "chasser" show up more?
After this comparison
"chassées" and "chasser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "chassées" 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 #122,956 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassées" and "chasser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chasseuse". 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 #122,956 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.