champêtre
\ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\
The verdict
“champêtre” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,142. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,142
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux champs, à la campagne.
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 | champêtre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “champêtre” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around champêtre (IPA \ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,142 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for champêtre, with forms such as "cahmpêtre", "cchampêtre", and "chammpêtre". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "chapitre", "champêtres", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 champêtre, spelled C-H-A-M-P-Ê-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux champs, à la campagne.
- 2Qualifie les divinités qui présidaient aux biens de la terre et qui étaient particulièrement adorées aux champs.
- 3Qui est éloigné des villes.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahmpêtre
- cchampêtre
- chammpêtre
- champetre
- champpêtre
- champtêre
- champêrte
- champêter
- champêtrre
- champêttre
- chamêptre
- chapmêtre
- chhampêtre
- chmapêtre
- hcampêtre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of champêtre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “champêtre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-M-P-Ê-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “chapitre” - see the side-by-side comparison. champêtre vs chapitre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.