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chance

French, noun/ʃɑ̃s/

chance is spelled C-H-A-N-C-E (6 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chance is a French feminine noun meaning “chance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Concours de circonstances jugé malheureux ou heureux quant à son influence sur le succès, la réalisation, la…”.

What does chance mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininechance

    Il y a des fortes chances que vos neurones fonctionnent bien

  2. 2

    feminineluck

  3. 3

    feminineImmigrant of non-European heritage, short for "chance pour la France".

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Concours de circonstances jugé malheureux ou heureux quant à son influence sur le succès, la réalisation, la réussite ou l’échec d’une action ou d’un événement ; contexte jugé favorable ou non d’une action. 2. Probabilités chiffrées d’occurrences d’un événement. 3. Possibilité subjective estimée de réalisation, de succès, de réussite. 4. (Une chance) Occasion, contexte éphémère heureux, favorable ; opportunité.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of chance

  • chances plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce chance?

  • /ʃɑ̃s/
  • \ʃɑ̃s\
  • [ʃɑ̃s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to chance

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is chance in French?

chance appears 141 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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