Which to use
“chassées” is an adjective and “châssis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,550
- “chassées” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 60739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chassées | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel 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 chassées and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chassées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against châssis's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between chassées and châssis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chassées is \ʃa.se\ while châssis is \ʃɑ.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60739, 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\. 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 60739, this pair ranks #96,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chassées vs châssis
Shared letters: chs. Private to "chassées": aeé. Private to "châssis": iâ.
"chassées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chassées" and "châssis" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chassées" vs "châssis" - which ranks higher?
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 "chassées" 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 #96,015 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chassées" and "châssis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chasseuse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,015 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.