châtain clair
\ʃɑ.tɛ̃ klɛʁ\
The verdict
“châtain clair” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété de châtain qui se rapproche beaucoup du blond.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatain-clair · châtain clair · French
châtain clair · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | châtain clair |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ.tɛ̃ klɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
châtain clair is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɑ.tɛ̃ klɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété de châtain qui se rapproche beaucoup du blond.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for châtain clair in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is châtain clair, spelled C-H-Â-T-A-I-N- -C-L-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Variété de châtain qui se rapproche beaucoup du blond.
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.