chèque en blanc
\ʃɛk ɑ̃ blɑ̃\
The verdict
“chèque en blanc” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chèque déjà signé, mais dont le montant est laissé libre, en blanc parce que laissé vide à celui qui en mettra le montant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chèque en blanc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛk ɑ̃ blɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chèque en blanc” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chèque en blanc is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃɛk ɑ̃ blɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for chèque en blanc in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chèque en blanc, spelled C-H-È-Q-U-E- -E-N- -B-L-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Chèque déjà signé, mais dont le montant est laissé libre, en blanc parce que laissé vide à celui qui en mettra le montant.
- 2Avantage, engagement financier ou prestation sans limite ni contrepartie.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “chèque en blanc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-È-Q-U-E- -E-N- -B-L-A-N-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃɛk ɑ̃ blɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.