robe de chambre

noun

"robe-de-chambre" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“robe de chambre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dressing gown

Corpus desk

Index EN-robe-de-chambre · robe de chambre · English

robe de chambre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for robe de chambre
PropertyValue
Headwordrobe de chambre
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “robe de chambre” in English

robe de chambresits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

robe de chambre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dressing gown".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for robe de chambre, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From French robe de chambre. The correct English form is robe de chambre, spelled R-O-B-E- -D-E- -C-H-A-M-B-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    dressing gown

Etymology

From French robe de chambre.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "robe de chambre"?
"robe de chambre" is spelled R-O-B-E- -D-E- -C-H-A-M-B-R-E.
What does "robe de chambre" mean?
As a noun, "robe de chambre" means: dressing gown
What is the origin of the word "robe de chambre"?
From French robe de chambre. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list