Chagny
\ʃa.ɲi\
The verdict
“Chagny” is uncommon French (frequency #87,443 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,443
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chagny · Chagny · French
Chagny · rank #87,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,443
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH centrifugation
Nearest frequency peer: centrifugation (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Chagny »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- censier
censier
12,561 corpus weight
- centrifugat…
centrifugation
12,560 corpus weight
- Chagny
Chagny
12,558 corpus weight
- Chaigneau
Chaigneau
12,556 corpus weight
- chamallows
chamallows
12,555 corpus weight
- chambranle
chambranle
12,554 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Chagny » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chagny |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.ɲi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Chagny » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Chagny is uncommon French at frequency #87,443 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃa.ɲi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Chagny, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Chagny, spelled C-H-A-G-N-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Ardennes.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de Saône-et-Loire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chagny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est décidé que l’excursion aura lieu le 27 octobre et comprendra l'exploration des bois entre Omont et Chagny, déjeuner à Chagny et exploration des bois de Baâlons.
A droite, le groupement Chanoine tient la route du Chesne jusqu'à Bouvellemont et Baâlons inclus. a) Un groupement Est commandé par le général commandant la 1ʳᵉ brigade de cavalerie est formé par tous les éléments à l'Est de la ligne Chagny (inclus), la Sabotterie.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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