Chablis
/ʃaˈbliː/
"chablis" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Chablis” is uncommon English (frequency #70,558 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,558
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chablis · Chablis · English
Chablis · rank #70,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,558
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Cellini
Nearest frequency peer: Cellini (-5 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Chablis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Ceballos
Ceballos
29,449 corpus weight
- Cellini
Cellini
29,448 corpus weight
- Chablis
Chablis
29,443 corpus weight
- CHED
CHED
29,438 corpus weight
- cheesesteak
cheesesteak
29,437 corpus weight
- childishness
childishness
29,436 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Chablis” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chablis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ʃaˈbliː/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chablis” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chablis is uncommon English at frequency #70,558 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ʃaˈbliː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Chablis, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French chablis (“deadwood”). The correct English form is Chablis, spelled C-H-A-B-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1A town in Yonne department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
- 2The winegrowing region around the town.
Etymology
From French chablis (“deadwood”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.