chapeau de lampe
\ʃa.po dlɑ̃p\
The verdict
“chapeau de lampe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abat-jour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chapeau de lampe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.po dlɑ̃p\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chapeau de lampe” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chapeau de lampe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.po dlɑ̃p\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abat-jour.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chapeau de lampe in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chapeau de lampe, spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U- -D-E- -L-A-M-P-E.
Definition
- 1Abat-jour.
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.
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Using “chapeau de lampe”
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- -D-E- -L-A-M-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃa.po dlɑ̃p\ (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.