Aix-la-Chapelle
\ɛks.la.ʃa.pɛl\
The verdict
“Aix-la-Chapelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aix-la-chapelle · Aix-la-Chapelle · French
Aix-la-Chapelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | Aix-la-Chapelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛks.la.ʃa.pɛl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Aix-la-Chapelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɛks.la.ʃa.pɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.".
Aix-la-Chapelle has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Aix-la-Chapelle, spelled A-I-X---L-A---C-H-A-P-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Ville, commune et arrondissement d’Allemagne, située dans la Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Aix-la-Chapelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est dans la région naturelle que nous avons appelée l’Ardenne et qui s’étend encore en Belgique et en Prusse jusqu’à Aix-la-Chapelle, que se trouve le schiste ardoisier propre à la fabrication de l’ardoise.
Il y avait beaucoup, beaucoup de monde et tous m’admiraient parce que je suis maintenant riche à millions. Tous les millions que je possède je les ai mis dans un grand coffre, sous le tombeau de Charlemagne, à Aix-la-Chapelle.
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.