chatoyantes
\ʃa.twa.jɑ̃t\
The verdict
“chatoyantes” is uncommon French (frequency #74,651 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,651
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de chatoyant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chatoyantes · chatoyantes · French
chatoyantes · rank #74,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,651
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH charmés
Nearest frequency peer: charmés (-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 « chatoyantes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chapron
Chapron
25,352 corpus weight
- charmés
charmés
25,351 corpus weight
- chatoyantes
chatoyantes
25,350 corpus weight
- chauvins
chauvins
25,349 corpus weight
- chim
chim
25,348 corpus weight
- chipset
chipset
25,347 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chatoyantes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chatoyantes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃa.twa.jɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chatoyantes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chatoyantes is uncommon French at frequency #74,651 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ʃa.twa.jɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin pluriel de chatoyant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for chatoyantes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chatoyantes, spelled C-H-A-T-O-Y-A-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de chatoyant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chatoyantes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On le reconnaît au jeu de ses couleurs chatoyantes, dont les reflets bleus et verts deviennent plus vifs et sont très aimables à l’œil, lorsque cette pierre est taillée et polie […]
Ils portent des costumes très divers, des « khalats » aux couleurs chatoyantes, et leur tête est enturbannée de façon très coquette.
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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