chères
[ʃɛʁ]
The verdict
“chères” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,289
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de cher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheres · chères · French
chères · rank #9,289 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,289
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chargement
Nearest frequency peer: chargement (-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 « chères »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- chagrin
chagrin
90,715 corpus weight
- chaire
chaire
90,714 corpus weight
- chargement
chargement
90,713 corpus weight
- chères
chères
90,712 corpus weight
- cohésion
cohésion
90,711 corpus weight
- compatriotes
compatriotes
90,709 corpus weight
What this shows « chères » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | chères |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʃɛʁ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chères »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around chères (IPA [ʃɛʁ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,289 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de cher.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for chères, with forms such as "cchères", "cheres", and "chhères". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Chris", "chers", "chéri", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chères, spelled C-H-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Féminin pluriel de cher.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchères
- cheres
- chhères
- chrèes
- chèers
- chèress
- chèrres
- chèrse
- cèhres
- hcères
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chères - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chères", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).