chèrement

\ʃɛʁ.mɑ̃\

/\ʃɛʁ.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“chèrement” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,065
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendrement, avec beaucoup d’affection, avec beaucoup d’amour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cherement · chèrement · French

chèrement · rank #46,065 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,065
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH châtaignier

Nearest frequency peer: châtaignier (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chèrement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chèrement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chèrement vs carrément
67% similar
chèrement vs cherchent
67% similar
chèrement vs chargement
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chèrement
PropertyValue
Headwordchèrement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ʃɛʁ.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#46,065
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chèrement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chèrementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « châtaignier » (#46,064), « cigognes » (#46,066), « chlorophylle » (#46,063). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chèrement » est au #46,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around chèrement (IPA \ʃɛʁ.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #46,065 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for chèrement, with forms such as "cchèrement", "cherement", and "chhèrement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "carrément", "cherchent", "chargement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chèrement, spelled C-H-È-R-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendrement, avec beaucoup d’affection, avec beaucoup d’amour.
  2. 2
    Plutôt à haut prix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chèrement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je l’aime chèrement. Je conserve cela chèrement.
  2. Sa personne fut exposée en vente dans la place publique, ainsi que celle de son compagnon de voyage […] mais le valet, plus propre à la fatigue, fut vendu bien plus chèrement que le maître.

This word in other languages

dearly(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchèrement
  • cherement
  • chhèrement
  • chrèement
  • chèerment
  • chèreemnt
  • chèremennt
  • chèrementt
  • chèremetn
  • chèremment
  • chèremnet
  • chèrmeent
  • chèrrement
  • cèhrement
  • hcèrement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chèrement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchèrement1cherement1chhèrement1chrèement2chèerment2chèreemnt2chèremennt1chèrementt1
Edit distance from "chèrement"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chèrement"?
"chèrement" is spelled C-H-È-R-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛʁ.mɑ̃\.
What does "chèrement" mean?
As an adverb, "chèrement" means: Tendrement, avec beaucoup d’affection, avec beaucoup d’amour.
What words are commonly confused with "chèrement"?
"chèrement" is commonly confused with "carrément", "cherchent", "chargement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chèrement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chèrement" is \ʃɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chèrement" come from?
"chèrement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chèrement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Charlebois15 variantsBratislava15 variantsdramatiser15 variantsartichauts15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list