chasseursvschasseuseConfusable pair

Which to use

“chasseurs” and “chasseuse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,222
“chasseurs” frequency rank
#48,404
“chasseuse” frequency rank
53626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chasseurs chasseuse
Definition Pluriel de chasseur. Personne ou animal s’adonnant à la chasse.

Where the eye mixes chasseurs and chasseuse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. chasseurs (CCVCCVVCC) and chasseuse (CCVCCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
chasseurs
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chasseuse

Visual trap between chasseurs and chasseuse

A purely visual mix-up. chasseurs (\ʃa.sœʁ\) and chasseuse (\ʃa.søz\) 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 53626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chasseurs is recorded at frequency rank #5,222, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.sœʁ\. chasseuse is at rank #48,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃa.søz\.

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 53626, this pair ranks #139,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chasseurs vs chasseuse

Shared letters: acehsu. Private to "chasseurs": r. Private to "chasseuse": -.

"chasseurs" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC  ·  "chasseuse" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chasseurs ← cahsseurs · cchasseurs · chasesurs · chaseurs · chasserus · chasseurrs · chasseurss · chasseusr
  • chasseuse ← cahsseuse · cchasseuse · chasesuse · chaseuse · chassesue · chasseues · chasseusse · chassuese

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chasseurs" for "chasseuse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʃa.sœʁ\ versus \ʃa.søz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "chasseurs" or "chasseuse"?
"chasseurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,222 in our French list, against #48,404 for "chasseuse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "chasseurs" and "chasseuse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chasseurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chasseuse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,455 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chasseurs" and "chasseuse" 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 #139,455 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list