chambre
\ʃɑ̃bʁ\
The verdict
“chambre” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #460 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #460
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Toute pièce habitable d’une maison et principalement une chambre à coucher.
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 | chambre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃bʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chambre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chambre is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chambre, with forms such as "cahmbre", "cchambre", and "chabmre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chambre, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Toute pièce habitable d’une maison et principalement une chambre à coucher.
- 2Logement dans une auberge, un hôtel, un hospice, etc.
- 3La chambre du roi.
- 4Assemblée législative.
- 5Sections de certains tribunaux.
- 6Assemblée qui s’occupe d’intérêts spéciaux ou de ce qui est relatif à la discipline d’un corps.
- 7Cavité 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.
- 8Espace qui, dans une bouche à feu, est réservé au logement de la gargousse, ou, qui dans une arme à feu portative, reçoit la cartouche.
- 9Cavité 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.
- 10Endroit destiné à recevoir la charge de la mine, fourneau.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahmbre,cchambre,chabmre,chambbre,chamber,chambrre,chammbre,chamrbe,chhambre,chmabre,hcambre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chambre - 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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Using “chambre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-M-B-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɑ̃bʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chanvre” - see the side-by-side comparison. chambre vs chanvre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.