chérie

\ʃe.ʁi\

/\ʃe.ʁi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chérie” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,921
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cherie · chérie · French

chérie · rank #4,921 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,921
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH changent

Nearest frequency peer: changent (-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 « chérie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chérie » 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).

chérie vs Crie
50% similar
chérie vs chie
67% similar
chérie vs Chris
50% similar

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

Key facts for chérie
PropertyValue
Headwordchérie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃe.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,921
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chérie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chériese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « changent » (#4,920), « cirque » (#4,922), « cave » (#4,919). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chérie » est au #4,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chérie (IPA \ʃe.ʁi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,921 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chérie, with forms such as "cchérie", "cherie", and "chhérie". 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, "Crie", "chie", "Chris", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chérie, spelled C-H-É-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Chérie, je suis de retour.

Synonyms

bébéma bichema chériema pucemon angemon bébémon bibimon petit angemon petit bijoumon trésor

This word in other languages

honey(English)cariño(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchérie
  • cherie
  • chhérie
  • chréie
  • chéire
  • chérei
  • chérrie
  • céhrie
  • hcérie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chérie - 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.

cchérie1cherie1chhérie1chréie2chéire2chérei2chérrie1céhrie2
Edit distance from "chérie"

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 "chérie"?
"chérie" is spelled C-H-É-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃe.ʁi\.
What does "chérie" mean?
As a noun, "chérie" means: Terme affectueux par lequel on s'adresse à la femme qu'on aime.
What words are commonly confused with "chérie"?
"chérie" is commonly confused with "Crie", "chie", "Chris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chérie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chérie" is \ʃe.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chérie" come from?
"chérie" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cirque#4,922canard#4,915courts#4,931aperçu#4,907

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

accordé9 variantsisabelle9 variantslibéré9 variantsromaine9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list