chapeau à trois gouttières

\ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\

/\ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“chapeau à trois gouttières” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
26
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type de chapeau dont le bord plié en trois endroits forme trois gouttières

Key facts for chapeau à trois gouttières
PropertyValue
Headwordchapeau à trois gouttières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\
Letters26
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chapeau à trois gouttières” sits in French frequency

chapeau à trois gouttières falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chapeau à trois gouttières is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de chapeau dont le bord plié en trois endroits forme trois gouttières".

chapeau à trois gouttières has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chapeau à trois gouttières, spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U- -À- -T-R-O-I-S- -G-O-U-T-T-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Type de chapeau dont le bord plié en trois endroits forme trois gouttières

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chapeau à trois gouttières"?
"chapeau à trois gouttières" is spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U- -À- -T-R-O-I-S- -G-O-U-T-T-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\.
What does "chapeau à trois gouttières" mean?
As a noun, "chapeau à trois gouttières" means: Type de chapeau dont le bord plié en trois endroits forme trois gouttières
How do you pronounce "chapeau à trois gouttières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chapeau à trois gouttières" is \ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “chapeau à trois gouttières”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-P-E-A-U- -À- -T-R-O-I-S- -G-O-U-T-T-I-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃa.po a tʁwa ɡu.tjɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list