chamfer
/ˈʃæm.fə/
"chamfer" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chamfer” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chamfer · chamfer · English
chamfer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chamfer |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃæm.fə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chamfer” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chamfer is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃæm.fə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chamfer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“I break”). The correct English form is chamfer, spelled C-H-A-M-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Etymology
Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“I break”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.