chauds

\ʃo\

/\ʃo\/ adj

The verdict

“chauds” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,212
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de chaud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauds · chauds · French

chauds · rank #8,212 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,212
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cat

Nearest frequency peer: cat (-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 « chauds »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chauds » 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).

chauds vs chaux
67% similar
chauds vs chuis
67% similar
chauds vs claus
67% similar

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

Key facts for chauds
PropertyValue
Headwordchauds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,212
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chauds »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chaudsse 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 « cat » (#8,211), « cheville » (#8,213), « chèvre » (#8,214). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chauds » est au #8,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chauds (IPA \ʃo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,212 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de chaud.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chauds, with forms such as "cahuds", "cchauds", and "chadus". 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, "chaux", "chuis", "claus", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chauds, spelled C-H-A-U-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de chaud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voit que la moralité des armateurs et des gros négociants n’était pas toujours irréprochable et que l’amour ancillaire avait, à Saint-Malo, de chauds pratiquants.
  2. Les compagnies d’électricité japonaises s’efforcent d’utiliser les effluents chauds des Centrales thermiques ou nucléaires pour alimenter les immeubles en eau chaude, désaliner l'eau de mer, élever des coquillages et autres produits de la mer.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahuds
  • cchauds
  • chadus
  • chaudds
  • chaudss
  • chausd
  • chhauds
  • chuads
  • hcauds

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chauds - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahuds2cchauds1chadus2chaudds1chaudss1chausd2chhauds1chuads2
Edit distance from "chauds"

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 "chauds"?
"chauds" is spelled C-H-A-U-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo\.
What does "chauds" mean?
As an adjective, "chauds" means: Masculin pluriel de chaud.
What words are commonly confused with "chauds"?
"chauds" is commonly confused with "chaux", "chuis", "claus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chauds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauds" is \ʃo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chauds" come from?
"chauds" 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 "chauds", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list