châtaigneraie
\ʃɑ.tɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“châtaigneraie” is uncommon French (frequency #77,351 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,351
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Végétation dominée par les châtaigniers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chataigneraie · châtaigneraie · French
châtaigneraie · rank #77,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,351
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cielo
Nearest frequency peer: cielo (+2 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 « châtaigneraie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chiez
chiez
22,655 corpus weight
- choquerait
choquerait
22,653 corpus weight
- châtaignera…
châtaigneraie
22,650 corpus weight
- cielo
cielo
22,648 corpus weight
- cimenteries
cimenteries
22,647 corpus weight
- citerais
citerais
22,646 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « châtaigneraie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | châtaigneraie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ.tɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #77,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « châtaigneraie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
châtaigneraie is uncommon French at frequency #77,351 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ.tɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for châtaigneraie in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is châtaigneraie, spelled C-H-Â-T-A-I-G-N-E-R-A-I-E.
Definition
- 1Végétation dominée par les châtaigniers.
- 2Forêt fruitière constituée de châtaigniers plantés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how châtaigneraie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Châtaignier est-il spontané ? En tout cas les formes de régression de la Châtaigneraie sont très voisines de celles de la Chênaie de Chêne-rouvre.
C’était une coutume à Chaminadour dans ce temps-là que ceux qui possédaient une châtaigneraie louassent pour l’année à un indigent chacun des châtaigniers qui la composaient.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).