chancellerie

\ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁi\

/\ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chancellerie” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,681. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,681
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu où l’on scelle certains actes avec le sceau de l’État.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chancellerie · chancellerie · French

chancellerie · rank #18,681 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #18,681
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chalon

Nearest frequency peer: chalon (-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 « chancellerie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chancellerie » 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).

chancellerie vs chancelière
75% similar

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

Key facts for chancellerie
PropertyValue
Headwordchancellerie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁi\
Letters12
Frequency rank#18,681
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chancellerie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chancelleriese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chalon » (#18,680), « CEO » (#18,679), « cendrillon » (#18,678). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chancellerie » est au #18,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around chancellerie (IPA \ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,681 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for chancellerie, with forms such as "cahncellerie", "cchancellerie", and "chacnellerie". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chancelière", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chancellerie, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lieu où l’on scelle certains actes avec le sceau de l’État.
  2. 2
    Administration dirigée par un chancelier.
  3. 3
    Nom donné aux ambassades ou au ministère des Affaires étrangères d'un pays.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si le paiement est fait à l’étranger en monnaie étrangère, il est effectué, sous le contrôle de l’autorité consulaire, au taux de change fixé pour les opérations de chancellerie.

This word in other languages

chancery(English)chancillería(Español)Kanzlei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahncellerie
  • cchancellerie
  • chacnellerie
  • chanccellerie
  • chancelelrie
  • chancelerie
  • chancelleire
  • chancellerei
  • chancellerrie
  • chancellreie
  • chanclelerie
  • chanecllerie
  • channcellerie
  • chhancellerie
  • chnacellerie
  • hcancellerie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chancellerie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahncellerie2cchancellerie1chacnellerie2chanccellerie1chancelelrie2chancelerie1chancelleire2chancellerei2
Edit distance from "chancellerie"

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 "chancellerie"?
"chancellerie" is spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-L-L-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁi\.
What does "chancellerie" mean?
As a noun, "chancellerie" means: Lieu où l’on scelle certains actes avec le sceau de l’État.
What words are commonly confused with "chancellerie"?
"chancellerie" is commonly confused with "chancelière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chancellerie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chancellerie" is \ʃɑ̃.sɛl.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chancellerie" come from?
"chancellerie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accidentelle#18,634sécurisation#18,603réclamations#18,581mélancolique#18,804

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

consécutif16 variantscontentent16 variantsdégagement16 variantsexplorateur16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list