chèques
\ʃɛk\
The verdict
“chèques” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,841
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de chèque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheques · chèques · French
chèques · rank #10,841 · 11 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,841
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH chocs
Nearest frequency peer: chocs (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chèques”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- cherchais
cherchais
89,163 corpus weight
- chienne
chienne
89,162 corpus weight
- chocs
chocs
89,161 corpus weight
- chèques
chèques
89,160 corpus weight
- close
close
89,159 corpus weight
- combustion
combustion
89,157 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chèques” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chèques |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɛk\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chèques” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around chèques (IPA \ʃɛk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,841 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chèque.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for chèques, with forms such as "cchèques", "cheques", and "chhèques". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "choque", "chères", "coques", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chèques, spelled C-H-È-Q-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de chèque.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchèques
- cheques
- chhèques
- chqèues
- chèqeus
- chèqques
- chèquess
- chèquse
- chèuqes
- cèhques
- hcèques
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chèques - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chèques", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.