chef de chœur
\ʃɛf də kœʁ\
The verdict
“chef de chœur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne qui dirige un chœur de chanteurs et/ou de chanteuses.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chef de chœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛf də kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chef de chœur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chef de chœur is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɛf də kœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Personne qui dirige un chœur de chanteurs et/ou de chanteuses.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chef de chœur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chef de chœur, spelled C-H-E-F- -D-E- -C-H-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui dirige un chœur de chanteurs et/ou de chanteuses.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chef de chœur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-F- -D-E- -C-H-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛf də kœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.