chambre

/\ʃɑ̃bʁ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#460

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

chambre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Toute pièce habitable d’une maison et principalement une chambre à coucher. Pronounced \ʃɑ̃bʁ\. It ranks #460 in French word frequency. Often confused with chanvre and chantre.

Key facts for chambre
PropertyValue
Headwordchambre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃bʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#460
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chambre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chambre is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɑ̃bʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #460 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for chambre, with forms such as "cahmbre", "cchambre", and "chabmre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "chanvre", "chantre", "chimère", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chambre, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Toute pièce habitable d’une maison et principalement une chambre à coucher.
  2. 2
    Logement dans une auberge, un hôtel, un hospice, etc.
  3. 3
    La chambre du roi.
  4. 4
    Assemblée législative.
  5. 5
    Sections de certains tribunaux.
  6. 6
    Assemblée qui s’occupe d’intérêts spéciaux ou de ce qui est relatif à la discipline d’un corps.
  7. 7
    Cavité accidentelle ou pratiquées à dessein. Ainsi on le dit d’un vide qui s’est fait à la fonte, dans un canon, dans une cloche, lorsque la matière n’a pas coulé également partout.
  8. 8
    Espace qui, dans une bouche à feu, est réservé au logement de la gargousse, ou, qui dans une arme à feu portative, reçoit la cartouche.
  9. 9
    Cavité souterraine, accessible au niveau du sol par une trappe. Les chambres forment un réseau relié par des fourreaux. La chambre permet d’accéder aux câbles passant dans les fourreaux.
  10. 10
    Endroit destiné à recevoir la charge de la mine, fourneau.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahmbre,cchambre,chabmre,chambbre,chamber,chambrre,chammbre,chamrbe,chhambre,chmabre,hcambre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chambre

Misspelling Variants of "chambre"

cahmbre7cchambre8chabmre7chambbre8chamber7chambrre8chammbre8chamrbe7
Misspelling Variants of "chambre"

Frequency rank: #460 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chambre"?
"chambre" is spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃bʁ\.
What does "chambre" mean?
As a noun, "chambre" means: Toute pièce habitable d’une maison et principalement une chambre à coucher.
What words are commonly confused with "chambre"?
"chambre" is commonly confused with "chanvre", "chantre", "chimère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chambre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chambre" is \ʃɑ̃bʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chambre" come from?
"chambre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.