Which to use
“châssis” and “crassus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,189
- “châssis” frequency rank
- #39,246
- “crassus” frequency rank
- 50435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | châssis | crassus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Quelqu’un qui cherche toujours à se soustraire par la ruse à la moindre tâche ou corvée. |
Where the eye mixes châssis and crassus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. châssis and crassus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between châssis and crassus
A purely visual mix-up. châssis (\ʃɑ.si\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
châssis is recorded at frequency rank #11,189, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ.si\. 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 50435, this pair ranks #162,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of châssis vs crassus
Shared letters: cs. Private to "châssis": hiâ. Private to "crassus": aru.
"châssis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "crassus" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crassus ← carssus · ccrassus · crasssu · crassuss · crasus · crasuss · crrassus · crsasus
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "châssis" and "crassus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "châssis" vs "crassus" - 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 "châssis" 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 #162,666 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "châssis" 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 #162,666 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.