Champs Élysées
\ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze\
The verdict
“Champs Élysées” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lieu des Enfers grecs où les héros et les gens vertueux goûtent le repos après leur mort.
| 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) |
Where “Champs Élysées” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Champs Élysées is 14 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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.
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Using “Champs Élysées”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-M-P-S- -É-L-Y-S-É-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɑ̃.z‿e.li.ze\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.