chants

\ʃɑ̃\

/\ʃɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“chants” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,161
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chants · chants · French

chants · rank #7,161 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,161
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cahiers

Nearest frequency peer: cahiers (-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 « chants »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chants » 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).

chants vs chat
67% similar
chants vs chats
83% similar
chants vs Chaos
50% similar

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

Key facts for chants
PropertyValue
Headwordchants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,161
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chants »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chantsse 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 « cahiers » (#7,160), « cherchait » (#7,162), « bénévoles » (#7,159). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chants » est au #7,161. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chants (IPA \ʃɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,161 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chants, with forms such as "cahnts", "cchants", and "channts". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chat", "chats", "Chaos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chants, spelled C-H-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nous nous arrêtons dans ces citations si incomplètes, si difficiles à faire comprendre sans la musique et sans la poésie des lieux et des hasards, qui font que tel ou tel de ces chants populaires se grave ineffaçablement dans l'esprit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahnts
  • cchants
  • channts
  • chanst
  • chantss
  • chantts
  • chatns
  • chhants
  • chnats
  • hcants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cahnts2cchants1channts1chanst2chantss1chantts1chatns2chhants1
Edit distance from "chants"

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 "chants"?
"chants" is spelled C-H-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃\.
What does "chants" mean?
As a noun, "chants" means: Pluriel de chant.
What words are commonly confused with "chants"?
"chants" is commonly confused with "chat", "chats", "Chaos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chants" is \ʃɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chants" come from?
"chants" 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 "chants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Chirac#7,163clause#7,164comble#7,166voudra#7,132

Similar misspelling depth

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

cahiers10 variantsbouches10 variantsaméliore10 variantsdévoile10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list