chairs

\ʃɛʁ\

/\ʃɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chairs” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,754
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chair.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chairs · chairs · French

chairs · rank #36,754 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,754
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chargea

Nearest frequency peer: chargea (+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 « chairs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chairs » 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).

chairs vs char
67% similar
chairs vs clair
67% similar
chairs vs Chris
50% similar

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

Key facts for chairs
PropertyValue
Headwordchairs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#36,754
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chairs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chairsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chargea » (#36,755), « centurion » (#36,752), « chargeant » (#36,756). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chairs » est au #36,754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chairs (IPA \ʃɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,754 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chair.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chairs, with forms such as "cahirs", "cchairs", and "chairrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "char", "clair", "Chris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chairs, spelled C-H-A-I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chair.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On raconte, depuis l’époque des fabliaux, une bien belle histoire sur cette veuve inconsolable qui se plantait des échardes dans les chairs en souvenir d’un feu mari cul-de-jatte et de son vivant portant jambes de bois.
  2. Le bébé enfin montra sa tête noire écartelant ses chairs à l’orée de sa venue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahirs
  • cchairs
  • chairrs
  • chairss
  • chaisr
  • charis
  • chhairs
  • chiars
  • hcairs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahirs2cchairs1chairrs1chairss1chaisr2charis2chhairs1chiars2
Edit distance from "chairs"

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 "chairs"?
"chairs" is spelled C-H-A-I-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛʁ\.
What does "chairs" mean?
As a noun, "chairs" means: Pluriel de chair.
What words are commonly confused with "chairs"?
"chairs" is commonly confused with "char", "clair", "Chris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chairs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chairs" is \ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chairs" come from?
"chairs" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

cassos#36,750casher#36,749buveur#36,744brigue#36,739

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

brouette9 variantsBrasil9 variantsboudoir9 variantsbomber9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list