chanteuse
/ʃɒnˈtɜːz/
"chanteuse" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chanteuse” is uncommon English (frequency #93,536 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,536
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chanteuse · chanteuse · English
chanteuse · rank #93,536 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,536
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Channon
Nearest frequency peer: Channon (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “chanteuse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cerrado
cerrado
6,470 corpus weight
- Cetus
Cetus
6,469 corpus weight
- Channon
Channon
6,466 corpus weight
- chanteuse
chanteuse
6,465 corpus weight
- chaw
chaw
6,464 corpus weight
- Chirag
Chirag
6,460 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chanteuse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chanteuse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃɒnˈtɜːz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chanteuse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chanteuse is uncommon English at frequency #93,536 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʃɒnˈtɜːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chanteuse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”). The correct English form is chanteuse, spelled C-H-A-N-T-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chanteuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Smith could easily be lumped in with expressive chanteuses like Norah Jones and Alicia Keys, but she has a broader palette than either. On the soulful torch song "Dream," which Smith wrote, she conveys a sophisticated allure that would seem well beyond her twenty-seven years.
Etymology
Borrowed from French chanteuse (“female singer”).
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).