champignon

/\ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,424

in French word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

champignon is aFrenchnoun. It means: Organisme eucaryote unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire dont les cellules sont dépourvues de chlorophylle ou de plaste et dont l’appareil végétatif est un thalle. Pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\. Often confused with champion and Champigny.

Key facts for champignon
PropertyValue
Headwordchampignon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,424
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for champignon is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,424 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for champignon, with forms such as "cahmpignon", "cchampignon", and "chamipgnon". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "champion", "Champigny", "champignons", 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 champignon, spelled C-H-A-M-P-I-G-N-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organisme eucaryote unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire dont les cellules sont dépourvues de chlorophylle ou de plaste et dont l’appareil végétatif est un thalle.
  2. 2
    Nom couramment donné à la « fructification » temporaire et visible, le sporophore (autrefois appelé carpophore), d’un organisme à caractère plus durable et plus discret, le macromycète, dont la structure habituellement filamenteuse constitue le mycélium, dont les filaments isolés sont généralement invisibles à l’œil nu.
  3. 3
    Tout être vivant qui se nourrit de matière organique et qui n’est pas un animal.
  4. 4
    Forme parasitaire de la peau humaine.
  5. 5
    Tout objet de la forme d’un champignon.
  6. 6
    Accélérateur d’un véhicule à moteur.
  7. 7
    Nuage résultant d’une explosion nucléaire.
  8. 8
    Végétation parasite, excroissance de chair spongieuses qui se forme dans les plaies et dans quelques parties du corps. → voir fongus
  9. 9
    Bouton qui se forme au lumignon d’une bougie, d’une chandelle, ou à une mèche qui brûle
  10. 10
    Support, ordinairement de bois, sur lequel on pose des chapeaux de femme, des perruques, etc.
  11. 11
    Disque en tôle qui abrite l’orifice d’une cheminée ou d’un tuyau.
  12. 12
    Vasque renversée qui fait retomber en nappe les eaux d’une fontaine jaillissante ; d’une sorte de siège de jardin, etc.
  13. 13
    Sorte de siège fixe et isolé en usage dans les lycées.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahmpignon,cchampignon,chamipgnon,chammpignon,champginon,champiggnon,champignno,champignnon,champignonn,champigonn,champingon,champpignon,chapmignon,chhampignon,chmapignon,hcampignon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for champignon

Misspelling Variants of "champignon"

cahmpignon10cchampignon11chamipgnon10chammpignon11champginon10champiggnon11champignno10champignnon11
Misspelling Variants of "champignon"

Frequency rank: #14,424 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "champignon"?
"champignon" is spelled C-H-A-M-P-I-G-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\.
What does "champignon" mean?
As a noun, "champignon" means: Organisme eucaryote unicellulaire ou pluricellulaire dont les cellules sont dépourvues de chlorophylle ou de plaste et dont l’appareil végétatif est un thalle.
What words are commonly confused with "champignon"?
"champignon" is commonly confused with "champion", "Champigny", "champignons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "champignon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "champignon" is \ʃɑ̃.pi.ɲɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "champignon" come from?
"champignon" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.