chanfrein
\ʃɑ̃.fʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“chanfrein” is uncommon French (frequency #80,978 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,978
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite surface que l’on forme en abattant l’arête d’une pierre ou d’une pièce de bois ou de métal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chanfrein · chanfrein · French
chanfrein · rank #80,978 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,978
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chanceliers
Nearest frequency peer: chanceliers (-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 « chanfrein »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chacunes
chacunes
19,026 corpus weight
- chanceliers
chanceliers
19,024 corpus weight
- chanfrein
chanfrein
19,023 corpus weight
- charentaise
charentaise
19,022 corpus weight
- charités
charités
19,021 corpus weight
- chatoyant
chatoyant
19,019 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chanfrein » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chanfrein |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃.fʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,978 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chanfrein » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chanfrein is uncommon French at frequency #80,978 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.fʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chanfrein, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chanfrein, spelled C-H-A-N-F-R-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1Petite surface que l’on forme en abattant l’arête d’une pierre ou d’une pièce de bois ou de métal.
- 2Pièce de fer qui couvrait autrefois le devant de la tête d’un cheval armé.
- 3Devant de la tête du cheval ou d'autres mammifères herbivores à face allongée (moutons, caprins). Désigne ainsi la partie antérieure de la tête de certains mammifères qui va du front aux naseaux (équidés, ovins).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chanfrein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le chanfrein est une fraisure qui remplace par élimination une arête vive.
Il montait […] un vigoureux cheval de fatigue, pour épargner son vaillant cheval de bataille, qu’un écuyer menait derrière lui tout harnaché pour le combat, avec un chanfrein et une armure de tête ayant une pointe sur le front ; ….
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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