chancre
\ʃɑ̃kʁ\
The verdict
“chancre” is uncommon French (frequency #69,673 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,673
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Écrevisse, crabe. (Parfois encore utilisé en Charente-Maritime).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chancre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃kʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chancre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chancre is uncommon French at frequency #69,673 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃kʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
chancre has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chancre, spelled C-H-A-N-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1Écrevisse, crabe. (Parfois encore utilisé en Charente-Maritime).
- 2Ulcère qui ronge les parties environnantes.
- 3Ulcère qui attaque le gros bétail et qui commence par occuper le dessous de la langue d’où il s’étend rapidement vers les parties environnantes.
- 4Maladie causée par des champignons microscopiques qui survient aux arbres et qui les ronge.
- 5Vice d’administration, fléau public qui appauvrit l’État, qui le ruine insensiblement.
- 6Ce qui ronge, obsède, détruit.
This word in other languages
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 “chancre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-N-C-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɑ̃kʁ\ (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.