changelin
\ʃɑ̃ʒ.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“changelin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leurre laissé par les fées, trolls, ou elfes à la place d’un nouveau-né humain qu’ils enlèvent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-changelin · changelin · French
changelin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | changelin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ̃ʒ.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « changelin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
changelin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃ʒ.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leurre laissé par les fées, trolls, ou elfes à la place d’un nouveau-né humain qu’ils enlèvent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for changelin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is changelin, spelled C-H-A-N-G-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Leurre laissé par les fées, trolls, ou elfes à la place d’un nouveau-né humain qu’ils enlèvent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how changelin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est lui, c’est sûr, les changelins ne sont pas de ce conte, je reconnais sa petite lice et cette façon de se déplacer, mi-gauche mi-féline, il chaloupe.
Le changelin est rendu plus puissant par le livre noir qui apparaît dans ses mains griffues.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.