chagrin d’amour
\ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃ d‿a.muʁ\
The verdict
“chagrin d’amour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a 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) - Grande peine que l’on éprouve lorsqu’une relation sentimentale se termine, ou ne s’établit pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chagrin-d-amour · chagrin d’amour · French
chagrin d’amour · 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 "C" 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 | chagrin d’amour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃ d‿a.muʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chagrin d’amour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.ɡʁɛ̃ d‿a.muʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grande peine que l’on éprouve lorsqu’une relation sentimentale se termine, ou ne s’établit pas.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chagrin d’amour in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chagrin d’amour, spelled C-H-A-G-R-I-N- -D-’-A-M-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Grande peine que l’on éprouve lorsqu’une relation sentimentale se termine, ou ne s’établit pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chagrin d’amour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plaisir d’amour ne dure qu’un moment. Chagrin d’amour dure toute la vie.
Nous nous dirigeâmes vers la place des Taureaux, précédés de notre guide Antonio, garçon efflanqué et serré à outrance par une large ceinture rouge qui faisait ressortir encore sa maigreur, dont il attribuait plaisamment la cause à des chagrins d’amour.
This word in other languages
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