chantage

\ʃɑ̃.taʒ\

/\ʃɑ̃.taʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chantage” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,362
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’extorquer de l’argent à quelqu’un en le menaçant de le diffamer ou de le dénoncer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chantage · chantage · French

chantage · rank #11,362 · 12 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,362
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chalet

Nearest frequency peer: chalet (-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 « chantage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chantage » 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).

chantage vs chanté
63% similar
chantage vs Chantal
63% similar
chantage vs chantée
75% similar

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

Key facts for chantage
PropertyValue
Headwordchantage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃.taʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,362
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chantage »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chantagese 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 « chalet » (#11,361), « Chantal » (#11,363), « cerise » (#11,360). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chantage » est au #11,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chantage (IPA \ʃɑ̃.taʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,362 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chantage, with forms such as "cahntage", "cchantage", and "chanatge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "chanté", "Chantal", "chantée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chantage, spelled C-H-A-N-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’extorquer de l’argent à quelqu’un en le menaçant de le diffamer ou de le dénoncer.
  2. 2
    Action de contraindre quelqu’un en le menaçant de quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Hervé entrevoyait déjà la vérité. Évidemment, il s’agissait d’une tentative de chantage. L’auteur de la lettre était un coquin et le monsieur qu’il menaçait ne valait pas mieux que lui.
  2. Certains articles sentent la pression, tantôt légère, tantôt brutale. Il y a un mot pour ce genre de littérature. — Je sais : chantage. […]. Mais le chantage est un délit, Monsieur le juge. Il faut l’établir.

This word in other languages

blackmail(English)chantaje(Español)Erpressung(Deutsch)chantagem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahntage
  • cchantage
  • chanatge
  • channtage
  • chantaeg
  • chantagge
  • chantgae
  • chanttage
  • chatnage
  • chhantage
  • chnatage
  • hcantage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chantage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahntage2cchantage1chanatge2channtage1chantaeg2chantagge1chantgae2chanttage1
Edit distance from "chantage"

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 "chantage"?
"chantage" is spelled C-H-A-N-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.taʒ\.
What does "chantage" mean?
As a noun, "chantage" means: Action d’extorquer de l’argent à quelqu’un en le menaçant de le diffamer ou de le dénoncer.
What words are commonly confused with "chantage"?
"chantage" is commonly confused with "chanté", "Chantal", "chantée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chantage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chantage" is \ʃɑ̃.taʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chantage" come from?
"chantage" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

coiffeur#11,370Colorado#11,371concorde#11,375converti#11,378

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

décollage12 variantsadaptées12 variantsdéfinies12 variantsvestiaire12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list