# Champagne vs champaign

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Champagne
*name · frequency rank #8,255*
A cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region.

### champaign
*noun · IPA /ˈʃæmpeɪn/ · frequency rank #26,035*
Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/champagne-vs-champaign