changeais

\ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ\

/\ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“changeais” is uncommon French (frequency #61,394 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,394
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe changer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-changeais · changeais · French

changeais · rank #61,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,394
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chancelleries

Nearest frequency peer: chancelleries (-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 « changeais »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « changeais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for changeais
PropertyValue
Headwordchangeais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « changeais » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).changeaistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « chancelleries » (#61,393), « chari » (#61,395), « chancelante » (#61,392). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « changeais » est au #61,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

changeais is uncommon French at frequency #61,394 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for changeais, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is changeais, spelled C-H-A-N-G-E-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe changer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe changer.

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 "changeais"?
"changeais" is spelled C-H-A-N-G-E-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ\.
What does "changeais" mean?
As a verb, "changeais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe changer.
How do you pronounce "changeais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "changeais" is \ʃɑ̃.ʒɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "changeais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chiffonne#61,399cendriers#61,388combattra#61,409carpaccio#61,378

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list