chianti
\kjɑ̃.ti\
The verdict
“chianti” is uncommon French (frequency #61,398 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,398
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vin rouge italien, Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP : dénomination du ’origine protégée, l’équivalent de l’AOC en France) ou Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG pour la rég...
Corpus desk
Index FR-chianti · chianti · French
chianti · rank #61,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,398
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chiffonne
Nearest frequency peer: chiffonne (+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 « chianti »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chari
chari
38,606 corpus weight
- chauffez
chauffez
38,605 corpus weight
- chianti
chianti
38,603 corpus weight
- chiffonne
chiffonne
38,602 corpus weight
- chorégraphi…
chorégraphiques
38,601 corpus weight
- Christos
Christos
38,600 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chianti » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chianti |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kjɑ̃.ti\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chianti » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chianti is uncommon French at frequency #61,398 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kjɑ̃.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vin rouge italien, Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP : dénomination du ’origine protégée, l’équivalent de l’AOC en France) ou Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG pour la rég...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chianti, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chianti, spelled C-H-I-A-N-T-I.
Definition
- 1Vin rouge italien, Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP : dénomination du ’origine protégée, l’équivalent de l’AOC en France) ou Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG pour la région de Chianti proprement dite) vendu dans la célèbre fiasque ou en bouteilles de forme bordelaise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chianti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le lièvre mariné dans le chianti était une merveille.
La cuisine simple mais savoureuse de la Toscane, au cœur de l’Italie, est mise en valeur par l’un des vins italiens les plus célèbres, le chianti.
This word in other languages
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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