chérit
\ʃe.ʁi\
The verdict
“chérit” is uncommon French (frequency #61,402 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,402
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de chérir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cherit · chérit · French
chérit · rank #61,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,402
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Christos
Nearest frequency peer: Christos (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chérit »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chiffonne
chiffonne
38,602 corpus weight
- chorégraphi…
chorégraphiques
38,601 corpus weight
- Christos
Christos
38,600 corpus weight
- chérit
chérit
38,599 corpus weight
- ciboire
ciboire
38,598 corpus weight
- citrus
citrus
38,596 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chérit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chérit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃe.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chérit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chérit is uncommon French at frequency #61,402 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃe.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chérit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chérit, spelled C-H-É-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de chérir.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de chérir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chérit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Privilégiez le naturel et la simplicité. Cela comblera d’aise la personne qui vous chérit le plus.
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 "chérit"?
What does "chérit" mean?
How do you pronounce "chérit"?
What language does "chérit" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chérit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).