chauffent

\ʃof\

/\ʃof\/ verb

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The verdict

“chauffent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,179
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chauffer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauffent · chauffent · French

chauffent · rank #41,179 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,179
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chau

Nearest frequency peer: chau (-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 « chauffent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chauffent » 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).

chauffent vs chauffer
78% similar
chauffent vs chauffeur
78% similar
chauffent vs chauffe
78% similar

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

Key facts for chauffent
PropertyValue
Headwordchauffent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃof\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,179
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chauffent »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chau » (#41,178), « chiasse » (#41,180), « chaman » (#41,177). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chauffent » est au #41,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chauffent (IPA \ʃof\), averb. Corpus frequency is #41,179 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chauffent, with forms such as "cahuffent", "cchauffent", and "chafufent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "chauffer", "chauffeur", "chauffe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chauffent, spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chauffer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe chauffer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alors pouces et index chauffent sur les écrans, swipant à la vitesse de la lumière sur les applis de rencontre.
  2. Si on est à mi-ombre, il faut surtout veiller à ce que les pots ne chauffent pas trop car, quand la terre est plus chaude que l’atmosphère, ce n’est pas bon du tout, et les plantes meurent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahuffent
  • cchauffent
  • chafufent
  • chaufefnt
  • chaufent
  • chauffennt
  • chauffentt
  • chauffetn
  • chauffnet
  • chhauffent
  • chuaffent
  • hcauffent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chauffent - 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.

cahuffent2cchauffent1chafufent2chaufefnt2chaufent1chauffennt1chauffentt1chauffetn2
Edit distance from "chauffent"

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 "chauffent"?
"chauffent" is spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃof\.
What does "chauffent" mean?
As a verb, "chauffent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chauffer.
What words are commonly confused with "chauffent"?
"chauffent" is commonly confused with "chauffer", "chauffeur", "chauffe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chauffent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauffent" is \ʃof\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chauffent" come from?
"chauffent" 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 "chauffent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

combattue#41,186comparses#41,187consister#41,190contamine#41,191

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

bédouins12 variantsbronzés12 variantsBrestois12 variantscrapauds12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list