chapuis

noun

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The verdict

“chapuis” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,927
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chapuis · chapuis · French

chapuis · rank #44,927 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,927
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cautions

Nearest frequency peer: cautions (-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 « chapuis »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chapuis » 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).

chapuis vs chuis
71% similar
chapuis vs chauds
71% similar
chapuis vs châssis
57% similar

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

Key facts for chapuis
PropertyValue
Headwordchapuis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,927
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chapuis »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chapuisse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cautions » (#44,926), « cathares » (#44,925), « cameras » (#44,924). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chapuis » est au #44,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around chapuis, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,927 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chapuis, with forms such as "cahpuis", "cchapuis", and "chapius". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "chuis", "chauds", "châssis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chapuis, spelled C-H-A-P-U-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Charpentier.
  2. 2
    Bois de charpente.
  3. 3
    Ossature en bois des selles et des bâts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et j'attens que le chappuis du chasteau qui estoit present a la uisite me rapporte combien il en uet auoir.
  2. Car je croy vraiement que puis Que mon cuer ne puet de ton puis Sachier ce qu'il en vouldroit traire, Que les coypiaulx et les chappuis Prendras en gré que j'en chappuis Car ce te plaist qu'on en puet faire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahpuis
  • cchapuis
  • chapius
  • chappuis
  • chapuiss
  • chapusi
  • chaupis
  • chhapuis
  • chpauis
  • hcapuis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chapuis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahpuis2cchapuis1chapius2chappuis1chapuiss1chapusi2chaupis2chhapuis1
Edit distance from "chapuis"

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 "chapuis"?
"chapuis" is spelled C-H-A-P-U-I-S.
What does "chapuis" mean?
As a noun, "chapuis" means: Charpentier.
What words are commonly confused with "chapuis"?
"chapuis" is commonly confused with "chuis", "chauds", "châssis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "chapuis" come from?
"chapuis" 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 "chapuis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cameras#44,924cabrera#44,920bâtarde#44,919brumeux#44,914

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

caillots10 variantscorsair10 variantsdiesels10 variantsaquarius10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list