châtains
\ʃa.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“châtains” is uncommon French (frequency #53,205 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,205
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin ou masculin pluriel assez courant de châtain (mais cet adjectif est traditionnellement invariable).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatains · châtains · French
châtains · rank #53,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,205
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH choquants
Nearest frequency peer: choquants (-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 « châtains »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chimène
Chimène
46,799 corpus weight
- Chlef
Chlef
46,798 corpus weight
- choquants
choquants
46,797 corpus weight
- châtains
châtains
46,796 corpus weight
- circuiter
circuiter
46,795 corpus weight
- Clifton
Clifton
46,794 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « châtains » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | châtains |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃa.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « châtains » en français
Rare enough to double-check
châtains is uncommon French at frequency #53,205 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃa.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin ou masculin pluriel assez courant de châtain (mais cet adjectif est traditionnellement invariable).".
châtains has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is châtains, spelled C-H-Â-T-A-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin ou masculin pluriel assez courant de châtain (mais cet adjectif est traditionnellement invariable).
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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