Childéric
\ʃil.de.ʁik\
The verdict
“Childéric” is uncommon French (frequency #81,878 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,878
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom propre masculin, surtout courant à l'époque mérovingienne (Vᵉ-VIᵉ s.).
Corpus desk
Index FR-childeric · Childéric · French
Childéric · rank #81,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,878
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chiers
Nearest frequency peer: chiers (-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 « Childéric »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chenin
chenin
18,127 corpus weight
- chicot
chicot
18,126 corpus weight
- chiers
chiers
18,124 corpus weight
- Childéric
Childéric
18,123 corpus weight
- choisiriez
choisiriez
18,121 corpus weight
- choisirons
choisirons
18,120 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Childéric » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Childéric |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʃil.de.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Childéric » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Childéric is uncommon French at frequency #81,878 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ʃil.de.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Childéric, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Childéric, spelled C-H-I-L-D-É-R-I-C.
Definition
- 1Nom propre masculin, surtout courant à l'époque mérovingienne (Vᵉ-VIᵉ s.).
- 2Nom de quelques rois des Francs à l'époque mérovingienne, dont le plus connu est Childéric Iᵉʳ, père de Clovis, mort en 481.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Childéric appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait en effet des hommes d'église qui vivaient autour de Childéric, le père de Clovis.
Sommairement évoquée dans quelques sources écrites, la carrière de Childéric est notamment connue grâce à une lettre adressée vers 481 à son fils Clovis par l'évêque de Reims Rémi, vénérable représentant de l'aristocratie romaine traditionnelle.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).