chapo

\ʃa.po\

/\ʃa.po\/ noun

The verdict

“chapo” is uncommon French (frequency #51,346 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,346
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Texte court coiffant un article, généralement typographié en gras, pour amener le lecteur à entrer dans l’article.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chapo · chapo · French

chapo · rank #51,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,346
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cerdagne

Nearest frequency peer: Cerdagne (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « chapo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chapo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chapo
PropertyValue
Headwordchapo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.po\
Letters5
Frequency rank#51,346
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chapo » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chapotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Cerdagne » (#51,345), « cheat » (#51,347), « centralise » (#51,344). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chapo » est au #51,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chapo is uncommon French at frequency #51,346 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.po\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Texte court coiffant un article, généralement typographié en gras, pour amener le lecteur à entrer dans l’article.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for chapo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chapo, spelled C-H-A-P-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Texte court coiffant un article, généralement typographié en gras, pour amener le lecteur à entrer dans l’article.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le chapo ou lancement annonce l'angle choisi, pose la question traitée dans le papier ou son qu'il précède. Le chapo est aussi appelé « lancement » ou « intro ».

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); 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 "chapo"?
"chapo" is spelled C-H-A-P-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.po\.
What does "chapo" mean?
As a noun, "chapo" means: Texte court coiffant un article, généralement typographié en gras, pour amener le lecteur à entrer dans l’article.
How do you pronounce "chapo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chapo" is \ʃa.po\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chapo" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list