chagrin
\ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“chagrin” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,286
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui éprouve du déplaisir, de la tristesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chagrin · chagrin · French
chagrin · rank #9,286 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,286
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cam
Nearest frequency peer: cam (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chagrin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bénédiction
bénédiction
90,718 corpus weight
- cam
cam
90,716 corpus weight
- chagrin
chagrin
90,715 corpus weight
- chaire
chaire
90,714 corpus weight
- chargement
chargement
90,713 corpus weight
- chères
chères
90,712 corpus weight
What this shows « chagrin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chagrin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chagrin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around chagrin (IPA \ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,286 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chagrin, with forms such as "cahgrin", "cchagrin", and "chaggrin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "chain", "charia", "Charon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 chagrin, spelled C-H-A-G-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui éprouve du déplaisir, de la tristesse.
- 2Qui marque du déplaisir, de la tristesse.
- 3Qui est porté à l’humeur sombre et difficile.
- 4Qui provoque la mélancolie, l’ennui.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chagrin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
André est chagrin de la conduite de son fils.
inquiet, chagrin, je redoublai d’ardeur et d’efforts
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahgrin
- cchagrin
- chaggrin
- chagirn
- chagrinn
- chagrni
- chagrrin
- chargin
- chgarin
- chhagrin
- hcagrin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chagrin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "chagrin"?
What does "chagrin" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "chagrin"?
How do you pronounce "chagrin"?
What language does "chagrin" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chagrin", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).