Chapais
\ʃa.pɛ\
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
- certa
certa
10,489 corpus weight
- chamaniques
chamaniques
10,488 corpus weight
- Chapais
Chapais
10,485 corpus weight
- Charbonnel
Charbonnel
10,484 corpus weight
- chartre
chartre
10,483 corpus weight
- Chasles
Chasles
10,482 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Chapais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chapais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.pɛ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Chapais » en français
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
- 1Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la région du Nord-du-Québec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Chapais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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