Châteauguay
\ʃa.to.ɡe\
The verdict
“Châteauguay” is uncommon French (frequency #51,960 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,960
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Roussillon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chateauguay · Châteauguay · French
Châteauguay · rank #51,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,960
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH châtaigniers
Nearest frequency peer: châtaigniers (-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 « Châteauguay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chengdu
Chengdu
48,044 corpus weight
- Chiapas
Chiapas
48,043 corpus weight
- châtaigniers
châtaigniers
48,042 corpus weight
- Châteauguay
Châteauguay
48,041 corpus weight
- ciments
ciments
48,040 corpus weight
- CLI
CLI
48,039 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Châteauguay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Châteauguay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.to.ɡe\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,960 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Châteauguay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Châteauguay is uncommon French at frequency #51,960 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃa.to.ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Châteauguay doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Châteauguay, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-A-U-G-U-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Roussillon.
- 2Rivière du Québec et de New York, affluent majeur du Saint-Laurent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Châteauguay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À Châteauguay, (...), est décédé Réal Fournier, à l'âge de 91 ans.
Dimanche au soir à Châteauguay les pieds pendant au bout du quai les pieds pendant au bout du quai les pieds pendant au bout du quai.
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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