chanter

\ʃɑ̃.te\

/\ʃɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“chanter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,519. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,519
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moduler sa voix sur plusieurs tons, suivre un morceau de musique vocale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chanter · chanter · French

chanter · rank #3,519 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,519
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capacités

Nearest frequency peer: capacités (-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 « chanter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chanter » 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).

chanter vs charte
71% similar
chanter vs chatte
71% similar
chanter vs chants
71% similar

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

Key facts for chanter
PropertyValue
Headwordchanter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃɑ̃.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,519
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chanter »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chanterse 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 « capacités » (#3,518), « chanteur » (#3,520), « campagnes » (#3,517). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chanter » est au #3,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chanter (IPA \ʃɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,519 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chanter, with forms such as "cahnter", "cchanter", and "chanetr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "charte", "chatte", "chants", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chanter, spelled C-H-A-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moduler sa voix sur plusieurs tons, suivre un morceau de musique vocale.
  2. 2
    Faire le cri ou le bruit mélodieux de son espèce, gazouiller.
  3. 3
    Bruire harmonieusement.
  4. 4
    Publier ; célébrer ; raconter.
  5. 5
    Dire quelque chose.
  6. 6
    Exécuter la partie mélodique d’un morceau de musique, en parlant des instruments, par opposition à ceux qui ne font qu’accompagner.
  7. 7
    Dénoncer, trahir, donner.
  8. 8
    Plaire, agréer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. S’accompagnant de son gimbri, il nous chante, d’une voix tantôt gutturale, tantôt nasillarde, d’interminables mélopées, que l’assistance reprend aux refrains avec des battements rythmiques des mains.
  2. […], j'ai entendu une voix féminine qui chantait d'une justesse plus qu'approximative, deux chansons d'une ringardise affligeante, à cent mille lieues de tes goûts musicaux.

Synonyms

jodlerpsalmodierserinersolfierténoriservocaliser

This word in other languages

sing(English)cantar(Español)singen(Deutsch)cantar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahnter
  • cchanter
  • chanetr
  • channter
  • chanterr
  • chantter
  • chatner
  • chhanter
  • chnater
  • hcanter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chanter - 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.

cahnter2cchanter1chanetr2channter1chanterr1chantter1chatner2chhanter1
Edit distance from "chanter"

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 "chanter"?
"chanter" is spelled C-H-A-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.te\.
What does "chanter" mean?
As a verb, "chanter" means: Moduler sa voix sur plusieurs tons, suivre un morceau de musique vocale.
What words are commonly confused with "chanter"?
"chanter" is commonly confused with "charte", "chatte", "chants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chanter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chanter" is \ʃɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chanter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

faisons#3,533retrait#3,501remonte#3,499lecteur#3,541

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

francs10 variantspleurer10 variantsobtient10 variantspaysage10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list