Chennai
The verdict
“Chennai” is uncommon French (frequency #51,349 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,349
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale du Tamil Nadu, dans l’Inde du Sud.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chennai · Chennai · French
Chennai · rank #51,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,349
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cheers
Nearest frequency peer: cheers (-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 « Chennai »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chapo
chapo
48,655 corpus weight
- cheat
cheat
48,654 corpus weight
- cheers
cheers
48,653 corpus weight
- Chennai
Chennai
48,652 corpus weight
- cheque
cheque
48,651 corpus weight
- chipoter
chipoter
48,650 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Chennai » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chennai |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Chennai » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Chennai is uncommon French at frequency #51,349 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale du Tamil Nadu, dans l’Inde du Sud.".
Chennai has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Chennai, spelled C-H-E-N-N-A-I.
Definition
- 1Capitale du Tamil Nadu, dans l’Inde du Sud.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Chennai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par solidarité, des centaines de personnes ont aussi fait la grève de la faim à Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai, Chennai, Ahmedabab, Bangalore, dans la plus pure tradition gandhienne de non-violence, pendant qu’une vague de soutien montée de la jeunesse indienne s’organisait sur Twitter et Facebook.
Son chemin l’a pourtant menée loin des sentiers battus, jusqu’à ce village du Tamil Nadu, entre Chennai et Pondichéry, dans cette cahute où elle est allongée.
Synonyms
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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