chaire

\ʃɛʁ\

/\ʃɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chaire” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,287
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaire · chaire · French

chaire · rank #9,287 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,287
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chagrin

Nearest frequency peer: chagrin (-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 « chaire »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chaire » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

chaire vs char
67% similar
chaire vs cire
67% similar
chaire vs chie
67% similar

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

Key facts for chaire
PropertyValue
Headwordchaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,287
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaire »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chagrin » (#9,286), « chargement » (#9,288), « cam » (#9,285). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaire » est au #9,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around chaire (IPA \ʃɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,287 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaire, with forms such as "cchaire", "chairre", and "charie". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "char", "cire", "chie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 chaire, spelled C-H-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc.
  2. 2
    Prédication.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des prédicateurs.
  4. 4
    Siège apostolique.
  5. 5
    Tribune plus ou moins élevée où un professeur se place pour faire une leçon.
  6. 6
    Place de professeur en particulier dans une université, et par extension dans une grande école ou un établissement d'enseignement supérieur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oui, c’était son devoir de les avertir ; il fallait qu’il le fît, qu’il le fît avec force, qu’il le fît avec éclat, qu’il le clamât en pleine chaire, un beau dimanche, car cela devenait scandaleux à la fin !
  2. Là, tous les ans, au dimanche des Rameaux, l'évêque montait en chaire et il haranguait les fidèles rassemblés dans la Cathédrale, en ces termes: […].

This word in other languages

pulpit(English)púlpito(Español)Kanzel(Deutsch)púlpito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchaire
  • chairre
  • charie
  • chhaire
  • chiare
  • hcaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaire - 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.

cchaire1chairre1charie2chhaire1chiare2hcaire2
Edit distance from "chaire"

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 "chaire"?
"chaire" is spelled C-H-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛʁ\.
What does "chaire" mean?
As a noun, "chaire" means: Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "chaire"?
"chaire" is commonly confused with "char", "cire", "chie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaire" is \ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaire" come from?
"chaire" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chères#9,289branle#9,281ballet#9,277averti#9,274

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cuite6 variantsallume6 variantsgrey6 variantstommy6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list