Which to use
“chaste” and “crasse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,791
- “chaste” frequency rank
- #20,106
- “crasse” frequency rank
- 62897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaste | crasse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui s'abstient des plaisirs de la chair. | Qui est épais. |
Where the eye mixes chaste and crasse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. chaste and crasse follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: chaste vs crasse
A purely visual mix-up. chaste (\ʃast\) and crasse (\kʁas\) 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 62897, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaste is recorded at frequency rank #42,791, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʃast\. crasse is at rank #20,106, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kʁas\.
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 62897, this pair ranks #84,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chaste vs crasse
Shared letters: aces. Private to "chaste": ht. Private to "crasse": r.
"chaste" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "crasse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "chaste" and "crasse" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "chaste" vs "crasse" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chaste" and "crasse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crasse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,690 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaste" and "crasse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chapter vs chaste". 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 #84,690 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.