chaponné
\ʃa.pɔ.ne\
The verdict
“chaponné” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soumis au chaponnage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chaponne · chaponné · French
chaponné · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chaponné |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃa.pɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chaponné » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chaponné is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃa.pɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chaponné doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chaponné, spelled C-H-A-P-O-N-N-É.
Definition
- 1Soumis au chaponnage.
- 2Se dit d'un homme aux manières efféminées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chaponné appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dinde chaponnée.
Pintade chaponnée.
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.