cheeseburger

\ʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ\

/\ʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheeseburger” is uncommon French (frequency #73,827 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,827
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bifteck haché grillé, recouvert d’une tranche de fromage, et assaisonné, servi dans un petit pain rond.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheeseburger · cheeseburger · French

cheeseburger · rank #73,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,827
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cheerleaders

Nearest frequency peer: cheerleaders (-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 « cheeseburger »

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 « cheeseburger » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cheeseburger
PropertyValue
Headwordcheeseburger
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#73,827
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cheeseburger » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cheeseburgertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cheerleaders » (#73,826), « cheek » (#73,825), « chatouilleux » (#73,824). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheeseburger » est au #73,827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cheeseburger is uncommon French at frequency #73,827 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bifteck haché grillé, recouvert d’une tranche de fromage, et assaisonné, servi dans un petit pain rond.".

Zero misspellings are on record for cheeseburger in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cheeseburger, spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-B-U-R-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bifteck haché grillé, recouvert d’une tranche de fromage, et assaisonné, servi dans un petit pain rond.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lula prit un chickenburger, moi un cheeseburger, Cal et Junior, rien. Je suppose qu'ils ne mangent jamais pendant le service. Ils ne veulent pas avoir les mains prises par un hamburger au cas où ils devraient dégainer leur arme.
  2. Le Bourguignon Patrick Frei, qui s’est mis au diapason des saveurs de la Côte, joue, à point, salade César, pâtes, risotto, poisson (loup de ligne doré sur la peau) ou encore sushi, sashimi, club-sandwich, pizzas et cheeseburger qui font plaisir aux petits comme aux grands.

Synonyms

hamburger au fromagehambourgeois au fromage

This word in other languages

cheeseburger(English)Cheeseburger(Deutsch)

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 "cheeseburger"?
"cheeseburger" is spelled C-H-E-E-S-E-B-U-R-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ\.
What does "cheeseburger" mean?
As a noun, "cheeseburger" means: Bifteck haché grillé, recouvert d’une tranche de fromage, et assaisonné, servi dans un petit pain rond.
How do you pronounce "cheeseburger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheeseburger" is \ʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheeseburger" come from?
"cheeseburger" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cheerleaders#73,826chatouilleux#73,824chocolatiers#73,831droitisation#73,910

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list