Châtenay
\ʃɑ.tə.nɛ\
The verdict
“Châtenay” is uncommon French (frequency #78,269 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,269
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune située dans le département de l’Ain, en France.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatenay · Châtenay · French
Châtenay · rank #78,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,269
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH ciguë
Nearest frequency peer: ciguë (+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 « Châtenay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- choyés
choyés
21,735 corpus weight
- christiania
christiania
21,734 corpus weight
- Châtenay
Châtenay
21,732 corpus weight
- ciguë
ciguë
21,731 corpus weight
- ciselées
ciselées
21,730 corpus weight
- clasher
clasher
21,729 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Châtenay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Châtenay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃɑ.tə.nɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Châtenay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Châtenay is uncommon French at frequency #78,269 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃɑ.tə.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Châtenay, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Châtenay, spelled C-H-Â-T-E-N-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune située dans le département de l’Ain, en France.
- 2Commune située dans le département d’Eure-et-Loir, en France.
- 3Commune située dans le département de l’Isère, en France.
- 4Commune située dans le département de Saône-et-Loire, en France.
- 5Variante de Châteney.
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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