châtaigner
\ʃɑ.te.ɲe\
The verdict
“châtaigner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner des châtaignes, frapper.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chataigner · châtaigner · French
châtaigner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | châtaigner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃɑ.te.ɲe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « châtaigner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
châtaigner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃɑ.te.ɲe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Donner des châtaignes, frapper.".
châtaigner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is châtaigner, spelled C-H-Â-T-A-I-G-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Donner des châtaignes, frapper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how châtaigner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne va pas avouer pour moi sous prétexte qu'ils me châtaignent.
Le père manouche, pas d'accord, lui tombe dessus, et les voilà qui se mettent à se châtaigner jusqu'à ce que mes hommes les séparent.
Synonyms
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.