cheffe

\ʃɛf\

/\ʃɛf\/ noun

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The verdict

“cheffe” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,879. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,879
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui est à la tête d’un corps ou d’une assemblée, qui y a le premier rang et la principale autorité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cheffe · cheffe · French

cheffe · rank #31,879 · 7 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,879
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chambly

Nearest frequency peer: Chambly (-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 « cheffe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cheffe » 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).

cheffe vs chefs
67% similar
cheffe vs chère
50% similar
cheffe vs chêne
50% similar

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

Key facts for cheffe
PropertyValue
Headwordcheffe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛf\
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,879
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cheffe »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cheffese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Chambly » (#31,878), « chercha » (#31,880), « cerisier » (#31,877). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cheffe » est au #31,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cheffe (IPA \ʃɛf\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,879 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cheffe, with forms such as "ccheffe", "cehffe", and "chefe". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "chefs", "chère", "chêne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cheffe, spelled C-H-E-F-F-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui est à la tête d’un corps ou d’une assemblée, qui y a le premier rang et la principale autorité.
  2. 2
    Responsable de la cuisine dans un restaurant.
  3. 3
    Épouse d’un chef dans une administration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est une brigande ! une cheffe, selon le style des femmes libres qui prennent avec la grammaire elle-même des libertés que les auteurs ont adoptées.
  2. Mais, avant de partir, Henrique prend avec la Catarina la tasse de chocolat de rigueur, et, se laissant aller au charme de la conversation, fait à la cheffe des bandits des propositions assez lestes pour être vigoureusement repoussées. Il est, d’ailleurs, surveillé de près par Rebolledo, lieutenant des bandits, qui sert de duègne à Catarina, et remplit le…

Synonyms

chéfessecheffessecheferessechefferessechefcheftaine

This word in other languages

leader(English)jefa(Español)Chefin(Deutsch)chefe(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccheffe
  • cehffe
  • chefe
  • chefef
  • chfefe
  • chheffe
  • hceffe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cheffe - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccheffe1cehffe2chefe1chefef2chfefe2chheffe1hceffe2
Edit distance from "cheffe"

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 "cheffe"?
"cheffe" is spelled C-H-E-F-F-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛf\.
What does "cheffe" mean?
As a noun, "cheffe" means: Celle qui est à la tête d’un corps ou d’une assemblée, qui y a le premier rang et la principale autorité.
What words are commonly confused with "cheffe"?
"cheffe" is commonly confused with "chefs", "chère", "chêne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cheffe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cheffe" is \ʃɛf\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cheffe" come from?
"cheffe" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list