chanoine

\ʃa.nwan\

/\ʃa.nwan\/ noun

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The verdict

“chanoine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,219
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prêtre catholique membre du conseil de l’évêque et chargé de célébrer l’office.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chanoine · chanoine · French

chanoine · rank #14,219 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,219
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cerner

Nearest frequency peer: cerner (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chanoine »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chanoine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chanoine vs chinoise
75% similar
chanoine vs Charline
63% similar
chanoine vs chanoines
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chanoine
PropertyValue
Headwordchanoine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.nwan\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,219
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chanoine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chanoinese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cerner » (#14,218), « cheminots » (#14,220), « cardinaux » (#14,217). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chanoine » est au #14,219. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chanoine (IPA \ʃa.nwan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,219 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chanoine, with forms such as "cahnoine", "cchanoine", and "chanione". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "chinoise", "Charline", "chanoines", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chanoine, spelled C-H-A-N-O-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prêtre catholique membre du conseil de l’évêque et chargé de célébrer l’office.
  2. 2
    Celui qui possède un canonicat dans une église cathédrale, collégiale ou certaines basiliques.
  3. 3
    Prêtre ou diacre vivant dans une communauté religieuse et se distinguant des moines par le fait qu’il assume une charge pastorale d’âmes, souvent au sein d’une église paroissiale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chanoine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. M. Pierre-Nicolas Anot, prêtre, docteur en théologie, chanoine, théologal et grand-pénitencier de Reims, est mort le 21 octobre dernier, âgé de près de 61 ans.
  2. Ce volume, petit in-32, semblable à un Annuaire du Bureau des Longitudes, est recouvert de drap pelucheux comme un bréviaire de chanoine, […].

This word in other languages

canon(English)canónigo(Español)Kanoniker(Deutsch)cônego(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahnoine
  • cchanoine
  • chanione
  • channoine
  • chanoien
  • chanoinne
  • chanonie
  • chaonine
  • chhanoine
  • chnaoine
  • hcanoine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chanoine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahnoine2cchanoine1chanione2channoine1chanoien2chanoinne1chanonie2chaonine2
Edit distance from "chanoine"

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 "chanoine"?
"chanoine" is spelled C-H-A-N-O-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.nwan\.
What does "chanoine" mean?
As a noun, "chanoine" means: Prêtre catholique membre du conseil de l’évêque et chargé de célébrer l’office.
What words are commonly confused with "chanoine"?
"chanoine" is commonly confused with "chinoise", "Charline", "chanoines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chanoine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chanoine" is \ʃa.nwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chanoine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Béatrice#14,215appuient#14,197alimente#14,193Delphine#14,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

cachées11 variantsclocher11 variantsBradley11 variantsémissaire11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list