Chengdu
The verdict
“Chengdu” is uncommon French (frequency #51,957 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,957
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chef-lieu du Sichuan.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chengdu · Chengdu · French
Chengdu · rank #51,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,957
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Charolais
Nearest frequency peer: Charolais (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Chengdu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- charm
charm
48,047 corpus weight
- charnue
charnue
48,046 corpus weight
- Charolais
Charolais
48,045 corpus weight
- Chengdu
Chengdu
48,044 corpus weight
- Chiapas
Chiapas
48,043 corpus weight
- châtaigniers
châtaigniers
48,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Chengdu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chengdu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Chengdu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Chengdu is uncommon French at frequency #51,957 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chef-lieu du Sichuan.".
Chengdu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Chengdu, spelled C-H-E-N-G-D-U.
Definition
- 1Chef-lieu du Sichuan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chengdu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs millions de personnes étaient confinées vendredi en Chine à Chengdu (sud-ouest), après un rebond épidémique limité qui paralyse l’une des plus grandes villes du pays.
Dans la capitale chinoise de la fondue, Chengdu, les clients des restaurants plongent tranches de viande et légumes dans un bouillon épicé et huileux.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).