chats

\ʃa\

/\ʃa\/ noun

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The verdict

“chats” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,055
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chat (animal).

Corpus desk

Index FR-chats · chats · French

chats · rank #4,055 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,055
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charbon

Nearest frequency peer: charbon (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chats »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chats » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chats vs cts
60% similar
chats vs chut
60% similar
chats vs CPAS
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chats
PropertyValue
Headwordchats
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,055
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chats »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chatsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « charbon » (#4,054), « chrétien » (#4,056), « cents » (#4,053). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chats » est au #4,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chats (IPA \ʃa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,055 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chat (animal).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chats, with forms such as "cahts", "cchats", and "chast". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cts", "chut", "CPAS", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chats, spelled C-H-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chat (animal).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chats appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ils avaient dîné d’un infâme brouet : quand Mortensen avait vu arriver la bouffe, il avait immédiatement pensé à de la nourriture pour chiens ou pour chats.
  2. Un, deux, trois, trois p’tits chats Trois vilains petits fripons L'autre nuit sans un bruit Sont entrés dans ma maison

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahts
  • cchats
  • chast
  • chatss
  • chatts
  • chhats
  • chtas
  • hcats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chats - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahts2cchats1chast2chatss1chatts1chhats1chtas2hcats2
Edit distance from "chats"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chats"?
"chats" is spelled C-H-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa\.
What does "chats" mean?
As a noun, "chats" means: Pluriel de chat (animal).
What words are commonly confused with "chats"?
"chats" is commonly confused with "cts", "chut", "CPAS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chats" is \ʃa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chats" come from?
"chats" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chats", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cents#4,053camps#4,051bonus#4,047bleue#4,046

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Alsace8 variantsaccueille8 variantsminuit8 variantsnourrir8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list