Which to use
“chaussette” and “chaussettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,263
- “chaussette” frequency rank
- #8,670
- “chaussettes” frequency rank
- 29933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaussette | chaussettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bas qui s’arrête à mi-jambe, qui se porte à l'intérieur d’une chaussure. | Pluriel de chaussette. |
Same sound, different letters: chaussette vs chaussettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. chaussette runs 10 letters (CCVVCCVCCV) against chaussettes's 11 (CCVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - chaussette and chaussettes
This is the hard kind. chaussette and chaussettes are pronounced identically (\ʃo.sɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “chaussette” sits inside “chaussettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaussette is recorded at frequency rank #21,263, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃo.sɛt\. chaussettes is at rank #8,670, 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 29933, this pair ranks #313,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaussette vs chaussettes
Shared letters: acehstu. Private to "chaussette": -. Private to "chaussettes": -.
"chaussette" · 10 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCV · "chaussettes" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaussette ← cahussette · cchaussette · chasusette · chausestte · chausette · chaussete · chaussetet · chausstete
- chaussettes ← cahussettes · cchaussettes · chasusettes · chausesttes · chausettes · chaussetes · chaussetets · chaussettess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chaussette" for "chaussettes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "chaussette" vs "chaussettes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "chaussette" / "chaussettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaussettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,562 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaussette" and "chaussettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassette vs chaussette". 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 #313,562 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.