Which to use
“chasses” and “châssis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,953
- “chasses” frequency rank
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- 32142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chasses | châssis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chasse. | 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 chasses and châssis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chasses vs châssis
A purely visual mix-up. chasses (\ʃas\) and châssis (\ʃɑ.si\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chasses is recorded at frequency rank #20,953, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃas\. 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 32142, this pair ranks #299,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chasses vs châssis
Shared letters: chs. Private to "chasses": ae. Private to "châssis": iâ.
"chasses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chasses ← cahsses · cchasses · chasess · chassess · chassse · chhasses · chsases · hcasses
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chasses" and "châssis" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "chasses" or "châssis"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chasses" 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 #299,260 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chasses" and "châssis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chasses". 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 #299,260 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.