cheap

\tʃip\

/\tʃip\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheap” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,884
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est bon marché et de faible qualité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheap · cheap · French

cheap · rank #21,884 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,884
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chartreuse

Nearest frequency peer: chartreuse (-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 « cheap »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cheap » 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).

cheap vs chez
60% similar
cheap vs chef
60% similar
cheap vs cher
60% similar

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

Key facts for cheap
PropertyValue
Headwordcheap
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʃip\
Letters5
Frequency rank#21,884
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheap »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cheapse 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 « chartreuse » (#21,883), « Cisjordanie » (#21,885), « cathédrales » (#21,882). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheap » est au #21,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cheap (IPA \tʃip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,884 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ce qui est bon marché et de faible qualité.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheap, with forms such as "ccheap", "cehap", and "chaep". 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, "chez", "chef", "cher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cheap, spelled C-H-E-A-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est bon marché et de faible qualité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Lucile avait développé au fil des années un goût certain pour le cheap, la camelote et la pacotille.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccheap
  • cehap
  • chaep
  • cheapp
  • chepa
  • chheap
  • hceap

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cheap - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccheap1cehap2chaep2cheapp1chepa2chheap1hceap2
Edit distance from "cheap"

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 "cheap"?
"cheap" is spelled C-H-E-A-P. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃip\.
What does "cheap" mean?
As a noun, "cheap" means: Ce qui est bon marché et de faible qualité.
What words are commonly confused with "cheap"?
"cheap" is commonly confused with "chez", "chef", "cher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cheap"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheap" is \tʃip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheap" come from?
"cheap" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

could#21,898beauf#21,866cuvée#21,903Aston#21,856

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

collée7 variantsangus7 variantsétain7 variantsfûts7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list