chaîne de montagnes
\ʃɛn də mɔ̃.taɲ\
The verdict
“chaîne de montagnes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relief rassemblant plusieurs montagnes, sommets, pics, monts et autres aiguilles, né soit de la collision de deux plaques continentales, soit de la subduction d’une plaque océanique sous une plaque...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chaîne de montagnes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛn də mɔ̃.taɲ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chaîne de montagnes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chaîne de montagnes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛn də mɔ̃.taɲ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relief rassemblant plusieurs montagnes, sommets, pics, monts et autres aiguilles, né soit de la collision de deux plaques continentales, soit de la subduction d’une plaque océanique sous une plaque...".
chaîne de montagnes has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chaîne de montagnes, spelled C-H-A-Î-N-E- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Relief rassemblant plusieurs montagnes, sommets, pics, monts et autres aiguilles, né soit de la collision de deux plaques continentales, soit de la subduction d’une plaque océanique sous une plaque océanique ou continentale.
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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.
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Using “chaîne de montagnes”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-Î-N-E- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛn də mɔ̃.taɲ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.