chefferie

\ʃɛf.ʁi\

/\ʃɛf.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chefferie” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,515. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,515
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Division du territoire placée sous les ordres d’un commandant du génie ou d’un inspecteur des forêts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chefferie · chefferie · French

chefferie · rank #24,515 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,515
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH charitable

Nearest frequency peer: charitable (-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 « chefferie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chefferie » 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).

chefferie vs chaufferie
80% similar

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

Key facts for chefferie
PropertyValue
Headwordchefferie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛf.ʁi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,515
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chefferie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chefferiese 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 « charitable » (#24,514), « Châteauroux » (#24,516), « chantée » (#24,513). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chefferie » est au #24,515. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around chefferie (IPA \ʃɛf.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,515 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chefferie, with forms such as "cchefferie", "cehfferie", and "chefefrie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chaufferie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chefferie, spelled C-H-E-F-F-E-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Division du territoire placée sous les ordres d’un commandant du génie ou d’un inspecteur des forêts.
  2. 2
    Bureaux de ce commandement.
  3. 3
    Fonction de chef ou de cheffe.
  4. 4
    Ancienne division territoriale africaine, avant la colonisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ont été nommés gardes généraux stagiaires les élèves sortant de l’École nationale des eaux et forêts ci-après dénommés : M. Mendès (Charles-François-Jules-Marie) a été attaché en cette qualité à la chefferie de Remiremont-Nord (Vosges) ; M. de Monchy (Marie-Raoul-Hippolyte) a été attaché en cette qualité à la chefferie de Beauvais (Oise) ; M. Mangin (Maur…
  2. Excuse avancée par la chefferie de la Deux : ce système ne l’a pas aidée à s’enrichir personnellement.

This word in other languages

cacicazgo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchefferie
  • cehfferie
  • chefefrie
  • cheferie
  • cheffeire
  • chefferei
  • chefferrie
  • cheffreie
  • chfeferie
  • chhefferie
  • hcefferie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chefferie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchefferie1cehfferie2chefefrie2cheferie1cheffeire2chefferei2chefferrie1cheffreie2
Edit distance from "chefferie"

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 "chefferie"?
"chefferie" is spelled C-H-E-F-F-E-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛf.ʁi\.
What does "chefferie" mean?
As a noun, "chefferie" means: Division du territoire placée sous les ordres d’un commandant du génie ou d’un inspecteur des forêts.
What words are commonly confused with "chefferie"?
"chefferie" is commonly confused with "chaufferie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chefferie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chefferie" is \ʃɛf.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chefferie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bretelles#24,499descentes#24,538discutant#24,543attachent#24,483

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

chantée11 variantscensurer11 variantscordons11 variantsCracovie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list