Chaves

\ˈʃavɨʃ\

/\ˈʃavɨʃ\/ name

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The verdict

“Chaves” is uncommon French (frequency #80,983 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,983
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chaves, localité du Portugal.

Key facts for Chaves
PropertyValue
HeadwordChaves
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ˈʃavɨʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,983
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Chaves” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Chaves lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Chaves is uncommon French at frequency #80,983 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈʃavɨʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chaves, localité du Portugal.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Chaves in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Chaves, spelled C-H-A-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chaves, localité du Portugal.

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 "Chaves"?
"Chaves" is spelled C-H-A-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈʃavɨʃ\.
What does "Chaves" mean?
As a proper noun, "Chaves" means: Chaves, localité du Portugal.
How do you pronounce "Chaves"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chaves" is \ˈʃavɨʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chaves" come from?
"Chaves" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Chaves”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-A-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ˈʃavɨʃ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list