chanterelles

\ʃɑ̃.tʁɛl\

/\ʃɑ̃.tʁɛl\/ noun

The verdict

“chanterelles” is uncommon French (frequency #97,771 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,771
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chanterelle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chanterelles · chanterelles · French

chanterelles · rank #97,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,771
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chantale

Nearest frequency peer: Chantale (-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 « chanterelles »

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 « chanterelles » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chanterelles
PropertyValue
Headwordchanterelles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃.tʁɛl\
Letters12
Frequency rank#97,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chanterelles » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chanterellestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Chantale » (#97,770), « Charier » (#97,772), « Charléty » (#97,773). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chanterelles » est au #97,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chanterelles is uncommon French at frequency #97,771 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ̃.tʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de chanterelle.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chanterelles in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 chanterelles, spelled C-H-A-N-T-E-R-E-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chanterelle.

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 "chanterelles"?
"chanterelles" is spelled C-H-A-N-T-E-R-E-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃.tʁɛl\.
What does "chanterelles" mean?
As a noun, "chanterelles" means: Pluriel de chanterelle.
How do you pronounce "chanterelles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chanterelles" is \ʃɑ̃.tʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chanterelles" come from?
"chanterelles" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list