chappe
\ʃap\
The verdict
“chappe” is uncommon French (frequency #64,311 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,311
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de chape.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chappe · chappe · French
chappe · rank #64,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,311
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH changed
Nearest frequency peer: changed (-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 « chappe »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chamans
chamans
35,692 corpus weight
- changed
changed
35,691 corpus weight
- chappe
chappe
35,690 corpus weight
- Charnay
Charnay
35,689 corpus weight
- charters
charters
35,688 corpus weight
- Chibougamau
Chibougamau
35,686 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chappe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chappe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃap\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chappe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chappe is uncommon French at frequency #64,311 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃap\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de chape.".
chappe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chappe, spelled C-H-A-P-P-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de chape.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chappe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un écrivain parle d’un comte et d’une comtesse, si pauvres, qu’ils n’avaient qu’une chappe en commun.
[…] tout cela, à l’exemple du serpent-concierge, s’était hâté de revêtir d’abord chappes et surplis, puis d’allumer les cierges et de préparer toutes choses pour la messe des morts.
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.
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