chronique

\kʁɔ.nik\

/\kʁɔ.nik\/ adj

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The verdict

“chronique” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,241
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui dure longtemps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chronique · chronique · French

chronique · rank #3,241 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,241
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chemins

Nearest frequency peer: chemins (-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 « chronique »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chronique » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chronique vs conique
78% similar
chronique vs coranique
78% similar
chronique vs chroniqueur
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chronique
PropertyValue
Headwordchronique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kʁɔ.nik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,241
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chronique »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chroniquese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chemins » (#3,240), « cons » (#3,243), « battu » (#3,238). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chronique » est au #3,241. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around chronique (IPA \kʁɔ.nik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,241 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for chronique, with forms such as "cchronique", "chhronique", and "chornique". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "conique", "coranique", "chroniqueur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chronique, spelled C-H-R-O-N-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui dure longtemps.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une maladie dont les symptômes ne se développent qu’avec lenteur ; qualifie une maladie permanente.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une thérapie sur le long terme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chronique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le traitement médical de l’otite chronique connaît l’une ou l’autre amélioration, notamment avec les perméabilisants des tissus.
  2. Ce souci rongeur donnait à ce gros petit homme, à sa figure autrefois rieuse, un air sombre et abruti qui le faisait ressembler à un malade dévoré par un poison ou par une affection chronique.

Antonyms

aigu

This word in other languages

chronic(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchronique
  • chhronique
  • chornique
  • chrnoique
  • chroinque
  • chroniqeu
  • chroniqque
  • chroniuqe
  • chronnique
  • chronqiue
  • chrronique
  • crhonique
  • hcronique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chronique - 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.

cchronique1chhronique1chornique2chrnoique2chroinque2chroniqeu2chroniqque1chroniuqe2
Edit distance from "chronique"

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 "chronique"?
"chronique" is spelled C-H-R-O-N-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.nik\.
What does "chronique" mean?
As an adjective, "chronique" means: Qui dure longtemps.
What words are commonly confused with "chronique"?
"chronique" is commonly confused with "conique", "coranique", "chroniqueur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chronique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chronique" is \kʁɔ.nik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chronique" come from?
"chronique" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chronique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

provinces#3,213parallèle#3,211mécanique#3,277hypothèse#3,202

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

littéraire13 variantsremarquer13 variantsextension13 variantscorruption13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list