chancre
/ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/noun
chancre is spelled C-H-A-N-C-R-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chancre means “Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chancre is chancres.
How many letters and syllables are in chancre?
| Letters | 7: C-H-A-N-C-R-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chancre?
Chancre appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chancre?
- /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-chancre.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chancre.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chancre?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as chancre.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: chancer.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chancre
- chancres plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chancre mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chancre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lesion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | chancro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chancre come from?
Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).