chicanes
\ʃi.kan\
The verdict
“chicanes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,209
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chicane.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chicanes · chicanes · French
chicanes · rank #39,209 · 12 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,209
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH charbons
Nearest frequency peer: charbons (-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 « chicanes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Chaillot
Chaillot
60,795 corpus weight
- chapelier
chapelier
60,794 corpus weight
- charbons
charbons
60,793 corpus weight
- chicanes
chicanes
60,792 corpus weight
- chutent
chutent
60,791 corpus weight
- châtaignes
châtaignes
60,790 corpus weight
What this shows « chicanes » 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 | chicanes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.kan\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #39,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chicanes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around chicanes (IPA \ʃi.kan\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,209 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chicane.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chicanes, with forms such as "cchicanes", "chcianes", and "chhicanes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "chiches", "chiennes", "chiants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 chicanes, spelled C-H-I-C-A-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de chicane.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchicanes
- chcianes
- chhicanes
- chiacnes
- chicaens
- chicaness
- chicannes
- chicanse
- chiccanes
- chicnaes
- cihcanes
- hcicanes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chicanes - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).