chef de district

\ʃɛf də dis.tʁikt\

/\ʃɛf də dis.tʁikt\/ noun

The verdict

“chef de district” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Représentant du préfet administrateur des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises chargé de diriger un district.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chef-de-district · chef de district · French

chef de district · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for chef de district
PropertyValue
Headwordchef de district
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛf də dis.tʁikt\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chef de district » en français

chef de districtreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chef de district is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛf də dis.tʁikt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Représentant du préfet administrateur des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises chargé de diriger un district.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chef de district, 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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chef de district, spelled C-H-E-F- -D-E- -D-I-S-T-R-I-C-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Représentant du préfet administrateur des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises chargé de diriger un district.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chef de district"?
"chef de district" is spelled C-H-E-F- -D-E- -D-I-S-T-R-I-C-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛf də dis.tʁikt\.
What does "chef de district" mean?
As a noun, "chef de district" means: Représentant du préfet administrateur des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises chargé de diriger un district.
How do you pronounce "chef de district"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chef de district" is \ʃɛf də dis.tʁikt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chef de district" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list