chéfesse
\ʃe.fɛs\
The verdict
“chéfesse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de cheffesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chefesse · chéfesse · French
chéfesse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chéfesse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃe.fɛs\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chéfesse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃe.fɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de cheffesse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chéfesse, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 chéfesse, spelled C-H-É-F-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de cheffesse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chéfesse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… ensuite un collier à trois rangs de petites coquilles blanches, don de la chefesse, — et enfin deux touffes de reva-reva …
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.