Chapais

\ʃa.pɛ\

/\ʃa.pɛ\/ name

The verdict

“Chapais” is uncommon French (frequency #89,516 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,516
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la région du Nord-du-Québec.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chapais · Chapais · French

Chapais · rank #89,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,516
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Charbonnel

Nearest frequency peer: Charbonnel (+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 « Chapais »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Chapais
PropertyValue
HeadwordChapais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ʃa.pɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,516
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Chapais » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Chapaistombe 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: « Charbonnel » (#89,517), « chartre » (#89,518), « chamaniques » (#89,513). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chapais » est au #89,516. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chapais is uncommon French at frequency #89,516 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃa.pɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la région du Nord-du-Québec.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Chapais in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Chapais, spelled C-H-A-P-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la région du Nord-du-Québec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les secteurs de Chapais et de Chibougamau, dans le Nord-du-Québec, vont passer en alerte maximale à compter du lundi, à minuit et une minute.

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 "Chapais"?
"Chapais" is spelled C-H-A-P-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.pɛ\.
What does "Chapais" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chapais" means: Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la région du Nord-du-Québec.
How do you pronounce "Chapais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chapais" is \ʃa.pɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chapais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list