chau
\cau˦\
The verdict
“chau” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,178
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Froncer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chau · chau · French
chau · rank #41,178 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,178
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chaman
Nearest frequency peer: chaman (-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 « chau »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- celtics
celtics
58,826 corpus weight
- Chadwick
Chadwick
58,825 corpus weight
- chaman
chaman
58,824 corpus weight
- chau
chau
58,823 corpus weight
- chauffent
chauffent
58,822 corpus weight
- chiasse
chiasse
58,821 corpus weight
What this shows « chau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \cau˦\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,178 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chau »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around chau (IPA \cau˦\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,178 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Froncer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for chau, with forms such as "cahu", "cchau", and "chhau". 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, "cru", "cou", "cia", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chau, spelled C-H-A-U.
Definition
- 1Froncer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
mặt ủ mày chau
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cahu
- cchau
- chhau
- chua
- hcau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chau - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chau", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).