chambre à coucher

\ʃɑ̃.bʁ‿a ku.ʃe\

/\ʃɑ̃.bʁ‿a ku.ʃe\/ noun

The verdict

“chambre à coucher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’une habitation utilisée pour dormir, pour une personne ou peu de personnes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chambre-a-coucher · chambre à coucher · French

chambre à coucher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for chambre à coucher
PropertyValue
Headwordchambre à coucher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃.bʁ‿a ku.ʃe\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chambre à coucher » en français

chambre à couchern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chambre à coucher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.bʁ‿a ku.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce d’une habitation utilisée pour dormir, pour une personne ou peu de personnes.".

chambre à coucher doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chambre à coucher, spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E- -À- -C-O-U-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce d’une habitation utilisée pour dormir, pour une personne ou peu de personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chambre à coucher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La cuisine est adossée à la salle à manger, et le salon est doublé d’un cabinet qui servait alors de chambre à coucher à monsieur et à madame Dumay.
  2. L’armoire en noyer, le lit à colonnes et à bonnes-grâces, ornements de la chambre à coucher, furent sans doute le fruit de quelque risette.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chambre à coucher"?
"chambre à coucher" is spelled C-H-A-M-B-R-E- -À- -C-O-U-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.bʁ‿a ku.ʃe\.
What does "chambre à coucher" mean?
As a noun, "chambre à coucher" means: Pièce d’une habitation utilisée pour dormir, pour une personne ou peu de personnes.
How do you pronounce "chambre à coucher"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chambre à coucher" is \ʃɑ̃.bʁ‿a ku.ʃe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chambre à coucher" come from?
"chambre à coucher" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list