Chaucer
The verdict
“Chaucer” is uncommon French (frequency #71,349 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,349
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille anglais, essentiellement connu par Geoffrey Chaucer, écrivain et poète anglais (v. 1340-1400), auteur notamment des Contes de Canterbury.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chaucer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Chaucer” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Chaucer is uncommon French at frequency #71,349 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille anglais, essentiellement connu par Geoffrey Chaucer, écrivain et poète anglais (v. 1340-1400), auteur notamment des Contes de Canterbury.".
Chaucer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Chaucer, spelled C-H-A-U-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille anglais, essentiellement connu par Geoffrey Chaucer, écrivain et poète anglais (v. 1340-1400), auteur notamment des Contes de Canterbury.
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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Using “Chaucer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-U-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.