chambranle
\ʃɑ̃.bʁɑ̃l\
The verdict
“chambranle” is uncommon French (frequency #87,447 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,447
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Encadrement de bois ou de pierre qui borde les portes, les fenêtres et les cheminées, qui se situe dans le plan du mur, et qui joue un rôle de finition et raccord entre l’ébrasement et la surface d...
Corpus desk
Index FR-chambranle · chambranle · French
chambranle · rank #87,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,447
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chamallows
Nearest frequency peer: chamallows (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chambranle »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chagny
Chagny
12,558 corpus weight
- Chaigneau
Chaigneau
12,556 corpus weight
- chamallows
chamallows
12,555 corpus weight
- chambranle
chambranle
12,554 corpus weight
- chancelle
chancelle
12,553 corpus weight
- changerez
changerez
12,552 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chambranle » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chambranle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.bʁɑ̃l\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,447 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chambranle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chambranle is uncommon French at frequency #87,447 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.bʁɑ̃l\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Encadrement de bois ou de pierre qui borde les portes, les fenêtres et les cheminées, qui se situe dans le plan du mur, et qui joue un rôle de finition et raccord entre l’ébrasement et la surface d...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chambranle, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chambranle, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-A-N-L-E.
Definition
- 1Encadrement de bois ou de pierre qui borde les portes, les fenêtres et les cheminées, qui se situe dans le plan du mur, et qui joue un rôle de finition et raccord entre l’ébrasement et la surface du mur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chambranle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Charles resta pendant un moment immobile, le dos légèrement appuyé sur le chambranle de la porte, …
Puis ils sortirent sans refermer la porte, qui se mit à battre contre son chambranle, laissant passer des bouffées de vent ….
This word in other languages
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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