challenge
French, noun
challenge is spelled C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E (9 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,230th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Challenge is a French masculine noun meaning “challenge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, challengé is a different word: “past participle of challenger”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Défi, épreuve”.
What does challenge mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechallenge
verb
- 1
past participle of challenger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Défi, épreuve. 2. Épreuve sportive dans laquelle le titulaire d’un record est défié par un concurrent. 3. Projet ambitieux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of challenge
- challenges plural
- challengée feminine
- challengés masculine plural
- challengées feminine plural
- chalenge
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to challenge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is challenge in French?
challenge appears 14 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).