chambray
/ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/
"chambray" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chambray” is uncommon English (frequency #87,126 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,126
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chambray · chambray · English
chambray · rank #87,126 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,126
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH cereus
Nearest frequency peer: cereus (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “chambray”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- centralism
centralism
12,878 corpus weight
- centrism
centrism
12,877 corpus weight
- cereus
cereus
12,876 corpus weight
- chambray
chambray
12,875 corpus weight
- Chania
Chania
12,874 corpus weight
- chaperon
chaperon
12,872 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chambray” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chambray |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,126 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chambray” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chambray is uncommon English at frequency #87,126 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃɒmbɹeɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chambray in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French cambrai (“cambric”), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber. The correct English form is chambray, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A soft fabric woven with a white weft and coloured warp.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chambray appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She lies wrapped in a book muslin bedgown, a chambray gauze shift, and a french net nightcap.
I had bought some jeans and a couple of blue chambray workshirts to replace the kitchen-whites, but such clothes weren't nearly enough.
Etymology
From French cambrai (“cambric”), and its source, Cambrai, the city in France where it originated; probably with alteration after chamber.
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.
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