chanceuses
\ʃɑ̃.søz\
The verdict
“chanceuses” is uncommon French (frequency #67,369 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,369
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de chanceux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chanceuses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.søz\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chanceuses” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chanceuses is uncommon French at frequency #67,369 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.søz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de chanceux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for chanceuses in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chanceuses, spelled C-H-A-N-C-E-U-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de chanceux.
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.
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Using “chanceuses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-N-C-E-U-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.