chapeaux

\ʃa.po\

/\ʃa.po\/ noun

The verdict

“chapeaux” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,927
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chapeau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chapeaux · chapeaux · French

chapeaux · rank #11,927 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,927
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH changeant

Nearest frequency peer: changeant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chapeaux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chapeaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chapeaux vs château
63% similar
chapeaux vs copeaux
75% similar
chapeaux vs châteaux
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chapeaux
PropertyValue
Headwordchapeaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.po\
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,927
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chapeaux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chapeauxse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « changeant » (#11,926), « choquant » (#11,928), « cercueil » (#11,925). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chapeaux » est au #11,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chapeaux (IPA \ʃa.po\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,927 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chapeau.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chapeaux, with forms such as "cahpeaux", "cchapeaux", and "chaepaux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "château", "copeaux", "châteaux", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chapeaux, spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chapeau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il donna bientôt à Naïs des conseils sur les magasins où elle devait se fournir : il lui indiqua Herbault pour les toques, Juliette pour les chapeaux et les bonnets ; il lui donna l’adresse de la couturière qui pouvait remplacer Victorine ; enfin il lui fit sentir la nécessité de se désangoulêmer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahpeaux
  • cchapeaux
  • chaepaux
  • chapaeux
  • chapeauxx
  • chapeaxu
  • chapeuax
  • chappeaux
  • chhapeaux
  • chpaeaux
  • hcapeaux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chapeaux - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahpeaux2cchapeaux1chaepaux2chapaeux2chapeauxx1chapeaxu2chapeuax2chappeaux1
Edit distance from "chapeaux"

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 "chapeaux"?
"chapeaux" is spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.po\.
What does "chapeaux" mean?
As a noun, "chapeaux" means: Pluriel de chapeau.
What words are commonly confused with "chapeaux"?
"chapeaux" is commonly confused with "château", "copeaux", "châteaux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chapeaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chapeaux" is \ʃa.po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chapeaux" come from?
"chapeaux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list