Which to use
“chausse” is a noun and “chaussées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,303
- “chausse” frequency rank
- #18,147
- “chaussées” frequency rank
- 54450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chausse | chaussées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de bas constitué d’un tube de tissu ou de tricot qui monte jusqu’en haut des cuisses (répandu au Moyen Âge). → voir chausses | Féminin pluriel de chaussé. |
Where the eye mixes chausse and chaussées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. chausse runs 7 letters (CCVVCCV) against chaussées's 9 (CCVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: chausse vs chaussées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: chausse is \ʃos\ while chaussées is \ʃo.se\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chausse is recorded at frequency rank #36,303, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃos\. chaussées is at rank #18,147, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃo.se\.
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 54450, this pair ranks #133,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chausse vs chaussées
Shared letters: acehsu. Private to "chausse": -. Private to "chaussées": é.
"chausse" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCV · "chaussées" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chausse ← cahusse · cchausse · chasuse · chause · chauses · chhausse · chuasse · hcausse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chausse" for "chaussées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chausse" or "chaussées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "chausse" and "chaussées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chausse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,984 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chausse" and "chaussées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs chausse". 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 #133,984 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.