chamberlain
\ʃɑ̃.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“chamberlain” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,732. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,732
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parapluie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chamberlain · chamberlain · French
chamberlain · rank #32,732 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,732
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cessait
Nearest frequency peer: cessait (-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 « chamberlain »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Cavendish
Cavendish
67,272 corpus weight
- centrés
centrés
67,271 corpus weight
- cessait
cessait
67,270 corpus weight
- chamberlain
chamberlain
67,269 corpus weight
- charlatan
charlatan
67,268 corpus weight
- charmeur
charmeur
67,267 corpus weight
What this shows « chamberlain » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chamberlain |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #32,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chamberlain »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around chamberlain (IPA \ʃɑ̃.bɛʁ.lɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,732 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Parapluie.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for chamberlain, with forms such as "cahmberlain", "cchamberlain", and "chabmerlain". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chambellan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chamberlain, spelled C-H-A-M-B-E-R-L-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Parapluie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chamberlain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tandis que les girls dansaient avec des parapluies « Chamberlain », on voyait ma mère s’élever sur une nacelle, la tête entourée de rayons d’or.
cette silhouette célèbre semblait la véritable incarnation du "british way of life", sûre d’elle, confiante en l’avenir malgré les sombres menaces du conflit mondial. C’est un peu plus tard que le "chamberlain", en français, restera tout naturellement synonyme de parapluie (parapluie britannique, en soie noire, bien plié dans son étui)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahmberlain
- cchamberlain
- chabmerlain
- chambberlain
- chambelrain
- chamberalin
- chamberlainn
- chamberlani
- chamberlian
- chamberllain
- chamberrlain
- chambrelain
- chamebrlain
- chammberlain
- chhamberlain
- chmaberlain
- hcamberlain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chamberlain - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).