Chaource

\ʃuʁs\

/\ʃuʁs\/ name

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The verdict

“Chaource” is uncommon French (frequency #96,740 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,740
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaource · Chaource · French

Chaource · rank #96,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,740
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chamanes

Nearest frequency peer: chamanes (-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 « Chaource »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chaource
PropertyValue
HeadwordChaource
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʃuʁs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,740
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Chaource » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Chaourcetombe 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: « chamanes » (#96,739), « chalosse » (#96,738), « charriot » (#96,742). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chaource » est au #96,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chaource is uncommon French at frequency #96,740 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃuʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Chaource, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Chaource, spelled C-H-A-O-U-R-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.

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 "Chaource"?
"Chaource" is spelled C-H-A-O-U-R-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃuʁs\.
What does "Chaource" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chaource" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.
How do you pronounce "Chaource"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chaource" is \ʃuʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chaource" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chamanes#96,739chalosse#96,738charriot#96,742caressée#96,729

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list