chènevière
\ʃɛn.vjɛʁ\
The verdict
“chènevière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Champ où l’on fait pousser du chanvre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheneviere · chènevière · French
chènevière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | chènevière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛn.vjɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chènevière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chènevière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛn.vjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Champ où l’on fait pousser du chanvre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chènevière, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chènevière, spelled C-H-È-N-E-V-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Champ où l’on fait pousser du chanvre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chènevière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un soir de novembre, là-bas, en Lorraine… Dans le village de vignerons, une petite place s’ouvrait, obstruée de fagots entassés, bordée par les pignons aigus des vieilles maisons, auprès des chènevières fermées de murs croulants.
Mon grand-père courait donc de ses prés aux nôtres, fauchait, ramenait le foin dans son chariot, défrichait nos chènevières si la terre en était trop dure, nettoyait chaque semaine notre étable.
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.