champêtre

\ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\

/\ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\/ adj

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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
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux champs, à la campagne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-champetre · champêtre · French

champêtre · rank #24,142 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,142
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chamonix

Nearest frequency peer: Chamonix (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « champêtre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « champêtre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

champêtre vs chapitre
78% similar
champêtre vs champêtres
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for champêtre
PropertyValue
Headwordchampêtre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,142
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « champêtre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).champêtrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Chamonix » (#24,141), « chapiteaux » (#24,143), « cedex » (#24,139). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « champêtre » est au #24,142. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around champêtre (IPA \ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,142 among 8,609 “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

  1. 1
    Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux champs, à la campagne.
  2. 2
    Qualifie les divinités qui présidaient aux biens de la terre et qui étaient particulièrement adorées aux champs.
  3. 3
    Qui est éloigné des villes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] ce visiteur était une espèce de prêtre champêtre qui tue à lui seul une moitié des daims qu’on vole dans la forêt […]
  2. Bien qu’il s’agisse d’un métier d’appoint pratiqué lors de la basse saison des travaux champêtres, cet artisanat apporte aux paysans de Thu Sy une source de revenu non négligeable.

This word in other languages

pastoral(English)campestre(Español)ländlich(Deutsch)

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.

cahmpêtre2cchampêtre1chammpêtre1champetre1champpêtre1champtêre2champêrte2champêter2
Edit distance from "champêtre"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "champêtre"?
"champêtre" is spelled C-H-A-M-P-Ê-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\.
What does "champêtre" mean?
As an adjective, "champêtre" means: Qui appartient, qui est relatif aux champs, à la campagne.
What words are commonly confused with "champêtre"?
"champêtre" is commonly confused with "chapitre", "champêtres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "champêtre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "champêtre" is \ʃɑ̃.pɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "champêtre" come from?
"champêtre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "champêtre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cohabiter#24,155betterave#24,125comptoirs#24,160attrayant#24,113

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Billancourt15 variantsBerlusconi15 variantsathlétique15 variantstélévisées15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list