CH

voir ces lettres. En français, cela donne

/voir ces lettres. En français, cela donne/ symbol

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The verdict

“CH” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,389) as a symbol. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,389
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe distinctif en trafic international des véhicules automobiles immatriculés en Suisse, prescrit dans le cadre de la Convention sur la circulation routière de Genève de 1949 et de la Convention ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-ch · CH · French

CH · rank #3,389 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,389
  • LEN-SHORT 2 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH casser

Nearest frequency peer: casser (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “CH”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “CH” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

CH vs ci
0% similar
CH vs co
0% similar
CH vs Cm
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for CH
PropertyValue
HeadwordCH
LanguageFrench
Part of speechSymbol
IPAvoir ces lettres. En français, cela donne
Letters2
Frequency rank#3,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “CH” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).CHse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « casser » (#3,388), « chapeau » (#3,390), « carrément » (#3,387). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for CH is neighbouring look-alikes ("ci", "co", …), not just typos; it is asymbol pronounced voir ces lettres. En français, cela donne. Frequency #3,389 among 8,609 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for CH, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ci", "co", "Cm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is CH, spelled C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signe distinctif en trafic international des véhicules automobiles immatriculés en Suisse, prescrit dans le cadre de la Convention sur la circulation routière de Genève de 1949 et de la Convention sur la signalisation routière de Vienne de 1968.
  2. 2
    Formule chimique du groupe fonctionnel méthine.
  3. 3
    Code ISO 3166-1 (alpha-2) de la Suisse.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CH"?
"CH" is spelled C-H. The IPA pronunciation is voir ces lettres. En français, cela donne.
What does "CH" mean?
As a symbol, "CH" means: Signe distinctif en trafic international des véhicules automobiles immatriculés en Suisse, prescrit dans le cadre de la Convention sur la circulation routière de Genève de 1949 et de la Convention ...
What words are commonly confused with "CH"?
"CH" is commonly confused with "ci", "co", "Cm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "CH"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "CH" is voir ces lettres. En français, cela donne. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "CH" come from?
"CH" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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  • "CH" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ci". View pair
  • Usage frequency rank #3,389 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list