Which to use
“chasses” and “crassus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,953
- “chasses” frequency rank
- #39,246
- “crassus” frequency rank
- 60199
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chasses | crassus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de chasse. | Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée. |
Where the eye mixes chasses and crassus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chasses and crassus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses chasses with crassus
A purely visual mix-up. chasses (\ʃas\) and crassus (\kʁa.sys\) 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 60199, 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\. crassus is at rank #39,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kʁa.sys\.
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 60199, this pair ranks #98,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chasses vs crassus
Shared letters: acs. Private to "chasses": eh. Private to "crassus": ru.
"chasses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crassus" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chasses" and "crassus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "chasses" or "crassus" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chasses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crassus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chasses" and "crassus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casus vs crassus". 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 #98,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.