championne

/\ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,378

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

championne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celle qui soutient un combat comme quelqu’un ou quelque chose, qui défend une cause, défenseuse. Pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\. It ranks #6,378 in French word frequency. Often confused with champions and championnes.

Key facts for championne
PropertyValue
Headwordchampionne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,378
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for championne is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,378 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for championne, with forms such as "cahmpionne", "cchampionne", and "chamiponne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "champions", "championnes", "champion", and more, 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 championne, spelled C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui soutient un combat comme quelqu’un ou quelque chose, qui défend une cause, défenseuse.
  2. 2
    Athlète qui, dans une compétition, a remporté la première place.
  3. 3
    Femme hardie.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cahmpionne,cchampionne,chamiponne,chammpionne,champinone,champione,championen,champoinne,champpionne,chapmionne,chhampionne,chmapionne,hcampionne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for championne

Misspelling Variants of "championne"

cahmpionne10cchampionne11chamiponne10chammpionne11champinone10champione9championen10champoinne10
Misspelling Variants of "championne"

Frequency rank: #6,378 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "championne"?
"championne" is spelled C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\.
What does "championne" mean?
As a noun, "championne" means: Celle qui soutient un combat comme quelqu’un ou quelque chose, qui défend une cause, défenseuse.
What words are commonly confused with "championne"?
"championne" is commonly confused with "champions", "championnes", "champion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "championne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "championne" is \ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "championne" come from?
"championne" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.