Chandeleur
\ʃɑ̃.də.lœʁ\
The verdict
“Chandeleur” is uncommon French (frequency #53,195 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,195
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fête catholique célébrant, le 2 février, la présentation de Jésus au Temple et la purification de la Vierge, marquée jadis par des processions illuminées de chandelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chandeleur · Chandeleur · French
Chandeleur · rank #53,195 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,195
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chapon
Nearest frequency peer: chapon (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Chandeleur »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Caspar
Caspar
46,810 corpus weight
- Catwoman
Catwoman
46,809 corpus weight
- causette
causette
46,808 corpus weight
- Chandeleur
Chandeleur
46,806 corpus weight
- chapon
chapon
46,805 corpus weight
- Chavannes
Chavannes
46,803 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Chandeleur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chandeleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.də.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,195 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Chandeleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Chandeleur is uncommon French at frequency #53,195 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.də.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fête catholique célébrant, le 2 février, la présentation de Jésus au Temple et la purification de la Vierge, marquée jadis par des processions illuminées de chandelles.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Chandeleur in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Chandeleur, spelled C-H-A-N-D-E-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Fête catholique célébrant, le 2 février, la présentation de Jésus au Temple et la purification de la Vierge, marquée jadis par des processions illuminées de chandelles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chandeleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On dit aussi que si une fille vient se pencher sur cette eau, dans la semaine de la Chandeleur, elle y verra sûrement l’image de celui qui l’épousera.
C’est aujourd’hui la Chandeleur… « l’hiver se passe, ou prend vigueur… »
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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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