chape
\ʃap\
The verdict
“chape” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #35,422 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,422
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de manteau long, sans plis et agrafé par devant, allant jusqu’aux talons, que portent l’évêque, le célébrant, les chantres, etc. durant l’office ; se dit aussi du grand manteau de drap ou de ...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chape |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃap\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,422 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chape” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chape is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃap\. Corpus data places it at rank #35,422 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chape, with forms such as "cahpe", "cchape", and "chappe". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "che", "CPE", "chat", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chape, spelled C-H-A-P-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de manteau long, sans plis et agrafé par devant, allant jusqu’aux talons, que portent l’évêque, le célébrant, les chantres, etc. durant l’office ; se dit aussi du grand manteau de drap ou de serge des chanoines. On nomme aussi ce vêtement un pluvial.
- 2Habit que portent les cardinaux et qui a un capuce doublé d’hermine.
- 3Ce qui pèse sur l’esprit, sur l’âme.
- 4En parlant d’un oiseau, partie du plumage qui recouvre le dos et qui est d’une couleur différente du reste.
- 5Variante de cape.
- 6Se dit, dans les arts, de certaines choses qui s’appliquent sur d’autres, les couvrent, les enveloppent.
- 7Couvercle bombé qui, mis sur les plats, tient les mets chauds et les préserve de la poussière.
- 8Double futaille qui sert d’enveloppe à un baril de poudre et aux tonneaux de vin que l’on expédie au loin.
- 9Partie des mitaines qui recouvre le dos de la main.
- 10Petit calibre de tôle, taillé à l’extrémité comme une matrice de lettre.
- 11Planches qui, portant les tuyaux d’orgue, servent de couverture au sommier, et où se fait la distribution du vent.
- 12Petit cône creux fixé au milieu de l’aiguille d’un compas, et posé sur le pivot vertical qui s’élève du fond de la boîte de la boussole.
- 13Couche de mortier que l’on étale avant de poser le pavé.
- 14Pièce de cuivre qui enveloppe le touret des graveurs sur pierres fines.
- 15Morceau de métal arrondi qui borde l’extrémité supérieure d’un fourneau.
- 16Pièce de métal qui garnit l’extrémité supérieure d’un fourreau d’épée.
- 17Enveloppe qui assujettit les différentes pièces d’un moule.
- 18Composition dont on couvre les cires pour former le moule dans les grands ouvrages de fonderie.
- 19Pièce en forme de U, composant (ou solide), participant à une articulation entre deux solides.
- 20Pièce formée par deux triangles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cahpe,cchape,chappe,chhape,chpae,hcape
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chape - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “chape”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃap\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “che” - see the side-by-side comparison. chape vs che
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.