chrétiens
\kʁe.tjɛ̃\
The verdict
“chrétiens” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,510
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de chrétien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chretiens · chrétiens · French
chrétiens · rank #2,510 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,510
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chaussures
Nearest frequency peer: chaussures (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “chrétiens”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- catholique
catholique
97,494 corpus weight
- champions
champions
97,493 corpus weight
- chaussures
chaussures
97,492 corpus weight
- chrétiens
chrétiens
97,491 corpus weight
- cible
cible
97,490 corpus weight
- city
city
97,489 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “chrétiens” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | chrétiens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kʁe.tjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “chrétiens” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around chrétiens (IPA \kʁe.tjɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,510 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de chrétien.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for chrétiens, with forms such as "cchrétiens", "chhrétiens", and "chretiens". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "crétins", "chrétienté", "chrétien", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is chrétiens, spelled C-H-R-É-T-I-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de chrétien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chrétiens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis une douzaine d’années, un groupe d’universitaires français attachés à l’étude des anciens écrivains grecs chrétiens s’est tourné vers la Septante.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchrétiens
- chhrétiens
- chretiens
- chrrétiens
- chrtéiens
- chréitens
- chréteins
- chrétienns
- chrétienss
- chrétiesn
- chrétines
- chréttiens
- chértiens
- crhétiens
- hcrétiens
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chrétiens - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chrétiens", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "chrétiens". Here's where to go from here.
- "chrétiens" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "crétins". View pair
- 15 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,510 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.