chauffes

\ʃof\

/\ʃof\/ noun

The verdict

“chauffes” is uncommon French (frequency #59,156 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,156
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chauffes · chauffes · French

chauffes · rank #59,156 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,156
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chaix

Nearest frequency peer: Chaix (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « chauffes »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chauffes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chauffes
PropertyValue
Headwordchauffes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃof\
Letters8
Frequency rank#59,156
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chauffes » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chauffestombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Chaix » (#59,155), « CED » (#59,154), « chenu » (#59,158). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chauffes » est au #59,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chauffes is uncommon French at frequency #59,156 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃof\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de chauffe.".

Zero misspellings are on record for chauffes in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chauffes, spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chauffe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les flegmes ainsi déséthérisés sont envoyés à la chaudière à rectifier, soit après filtration, soit directement, suivant le système suivi dans l’usine ; mais, dans tous les cas, ils sont débarrassés des éthers, qui constituent dans les chauffes de rectification ce qu’on appelle les goûts de tête, et qui sont des causes de coulage aux mauvais goûts et demi…

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 "chauffes"?
"chauffes" is spelled C-H-A-U-F-F-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃof\.
What does "chauffes" mean?
As a noun, "chauffes" means: Pluriel de chauffe.
How do you pronounce "chauffes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chauffes" is \ʃof\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chauffes" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list