chaperonner
\ʃa.pʁɔ.ne\
The verdict
“chaperonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Accompagner en qualité de chaperon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chaperonner · chaperonner · French
chaperonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chaperonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃa.pʁɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chaperonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chaperonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃa.pʁɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chaperonner in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chaperonner, spelled C-H-A-P-E-R-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Accompagner en qualité de chaperon.
- 2Coiffer d’un chaperon.
- 3Couvrir la tête d’un oiseau de proie de son chaperon.
- 4Couvrir un mur d’un chaperon.
- 5Diriger, contrôler
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chaperonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chaperonner une jeune personne.
On dut parler beaucoup toilettes cet automne et ce début d’hiver-là à Suarlée où les quatre jeunes personnes vécurent chaperonnées par Madame de Robeaulx.
This word in other languages
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.