chéri
\ʃe.ʁi\
The verdict
“chéri” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,062. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,062
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sincèrement aimé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cheri · chéri · French
chéri · rank #6,062 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,062
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH christianisme
Nearest frequency peer: christianisme (-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 “chéri”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- casino
casino
93,942 corpus weight
- chaine
chaine
93,941 corpus weight
- christianis…
christianisme
93,940 corpus weight
- chéri
chéri
93,939 corpus weight
- clef
clef
93,938 corpus weight
- combattants
combattants
93,937 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chéri” 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 | chéri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃe.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “chéri” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around chéri (IPA \ʃe.ʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,062 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sincèrement aimé.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chéri, with forms such as "cchéri", "cheri", and "chhéri". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cri", "CHR", "chez", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chéri, spelled C-H-É-R-I.
Definition
- 1Sincèrement aimé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chéri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma maman chérie que j’aime de tout mon cœur.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchéri
- cheri
- chhéri
- chréi
- chéir
- chérri
- céhri
- hcéri
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chéri - 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chéri", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "chéri". Here's where to go from here.
- "chéri" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cri". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,062 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.