chance

\ʃɑ̃s\

/\ʃɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“chance” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #577. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#577
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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’un...

Corpus desk

Index FR-chance · chance · French

chance · rank #577 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #577
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bois

Nearest frequency peer: bois (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chance »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chance vs chant
67% similar
chance vs crâne
50% similar
chance vs chêne
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chance
PropertyValue
Headwordchance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃s\
Letters6
Frequency rank#577
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bois » (#576), « confiance » (#578), « armée » (#575). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chance » est au #577. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chance (IPA \ʃɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #577 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chance, with forms such as "cahnce", "cchance", and "chacne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chant", "crâne", "chêne", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chance, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 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. 2
    Probabilités chiffrées d’occurrences d’un événement.
  3. 3
    Possibilité subjective estimée de réalisation, de succès, de réussite.
  4. 4
    (Une chance) Occasion, contexte éphémère heureux, favorable ; opportunité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] puisque nul ne peut avec certitude se dire à tout jamais à l’abri des chances de la guerre.
  2. C’était un si grand résultat que de se trouver dans ce Maraucourt, où elle avait tant de chances contre elle pour n’arriver jamais, qu’elle devait maintenant ne désespérer de rien.

Synonyms

bolchattechouneconcours heureux de circonstancesculfortunemoulepotveine

This word in other languages

chance(English)suerte(Español)Möglichkeit(Deutsch)sorte(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahnce
  • cchance
  • chacne
  • chancce
  • chanec
  • channce
  • chhance
  • chnace
  • hcance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahnce2cchance1chacne2chancce1chanec2channce1chhance1chnace2
Edit distance from "chance"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chance"?
"chance" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃s\.
What does "chance" mean?
As a noun, "chance" means: 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’un...
What words are commonly confused with "chance"?
"chance" is commonly confused with "chant", "crâne", "chêne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chance" is \ʃɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chance" come from?
"chance" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croire#579manque#584emploi#567petits#587

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

propos9 variantsesprit9 variantsespère9 variantsdroits9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list