Which to use
“chaussée” and “chaussette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,223
- “chaussée” frequency rank
- #21,263
- “chaussette” frequency rank
- 26486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaussée | chaussette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de talus qu’on fait au bord d’une rivière, d’un étang, pour retenir l’eau. | Bas qui s’arrête à mi-jambe, qui se porte à l'intérieur d’une chaussure. |
Where the eye mixes chaussée and chaussette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chaussée vs chaussette
A purely visual mix-up. chaussée (\ʃo.se\) and chaussette (\ʃo.sɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaussée is recorded at frequency rank #5,223, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃo.se\. chaussette is at rank #21,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃo.sɛt\.
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 26486, this pair ranks #334,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of chaussée vs chaussette
Shared letters: acehsu. Private to "chaussée": é. Private to "chaussette": t.
"chaussée" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVV · "chaussette" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaussette ← cahussette · cchaussette · chasusette · chausestte · chausette · chaussete · chaussetet · chausstete
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chaussée" for "chaussette" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "chaussée" or "chaussette" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "chaussée" and "chaussette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaussée" and "chaussette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassées vs chaussée". 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 #334,705 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.