chanvre

\ʃɑ̃vʁ\

/\ʃɑ̃vʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“chanvre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,388. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,388
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante herbacée, dioïque, dont les fibres de la tige sont utilisés dans la conception textile et dont les inflorescences ont des propriétés psychoactives.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chanvre · chanvre · French

chanvre · rank #20,388 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,388
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cervelle

Nearest frequency peer: cervelle (-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 « chanvre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chanvre » 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).

chanvre vs chèvre
71% similar
chanvre vs chauve
71% similar
chanvre vs cyanure
71% similar

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

Key facts for chanvre
PropertyValue
Headwordchanvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɑ̃vʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,388
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chanvre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chanvrese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cervelle » (#20,387), « chopper » (#20,389), « centristes » (#20,386). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chanvre » est au #20,388. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chanvre (IPA \ʃɑ̃vʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,388 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 chanvre, with forms such as "cahnvre", "cchanvre", and "channvre". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "chèvre", "chauve", "cyanure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chanvre, spelled C-H-A-N-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante herbacée, dioïque, dont les fibres de la tige sont utilisés dans la conception textile et dont les inflorescences ont des propriétés psychoactives.
  2. 2
    Matière textile issue de la tige de cette plante.
  3. 3
    Chanvre indien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour obtenir la haschiscine avec les qualités requises, il n'est pas indifférent de s'adresser à l'une ou l'autre espèce de chanvre ; le chanvre de nos contrées, Cannabis sativa, n'est doué que très faiblement des propriétés inébriantes du chanvre indien ; […].
  2. Cela consistait à éparpiller le long des chemins les petits paquets de chanvre que les vieilles mettent sécher sur le pré, au sortir de l’eau. Au matin on allait les voir se démener, s’arrachant les poignées de chanvre, furieuses, dépeignées, les coiffes au vent, chacune prétendant qu’elle était volée par sa voisine.

This word in other languages

hemp(English)cáñamo(Español)Hanf(Deutsch)cânhamo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahnvre
  • cchanvre
  • channvre
  • chanrve
  • chanver
  • chanvrre
  • chanvvre
  • chavnre
  • chhanvre
  • chnavre
  • hcanvre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chanvre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahnvre2cchanvre1channvre1chanrve2chanver2chanvrre1chanvvre1chavnre2
Edit distance from "chanvre"

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 "chanvre"?
"chanvre" is spelled C-H-A-N-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɑ̃vʁ\.
What does "chanvre" mean?
As a noun, "chanvre" means: Plante herbacée, dioïque, dont les fibres de la tige sont utilisés dans la conception textile et dont les inflorescences ont des propriétés psychoactives.
What words are commonly confused with "chanvre"?
"chanvre" is commonly confused with "chèvre", "chauve", "cyanure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chanvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chanvre" is \ʃɑ̃vʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chanvre" come from?
"chanvre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chopper#20,389censées#20,384cocotte#20,392because#20,372

Similar misspelling depth

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

communaux11 variantsavançait11 variantsaumônier11 variantsDorothy11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list