Champs Élysées
\ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze\
The verdict
“Champs Élysées” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu des Enfers grecs où les héros et les gens vertueux goûtent le repos après leur mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-champs-elysees · Champs Élysées · French
Champs Élysées · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Champs Élysées |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Champs Élysées is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lieu des Enfers grecs où les héros et les gens vertueux goûtent le repos après leur mort.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Champs Élysées in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Champs Élysées, spelled C-H-A-M-P-S- -É-L-Y-S-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1Lieu des Enfers grecs où les héros et les gens vertueux goûtent le repos après leur mort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Champs Élysées appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Achille, dans les Champs Élysées, joue au palet sur l’herbe : mais il donnerait toute sa gloire, qui n’est qu’un songe, pour être l’infame Thersite au nombre des vivants.
Avant son supplice, l’ange de l’assassinat pria ses amis de ne pas la plaindre, mais plutôt de se réjouir, puisqu’elle allait goûter le repos dans les Champs-Elysées, à coté de Brutus.
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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.