chronologie

\kʁɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\

/\kʁɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chronologie” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,541. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,541
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Science des temps ; connaissance des époques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chronologie · chronologie · French

chronologie · rank #11,541 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,541
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH choux

Nearest frequency peer: choux (-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 « chronologie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chronologie » 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).

chronologie vs chronologique
85% similar

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

Key facts for chronologie
PropertyValue
Headwordchronologie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,541
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chronologie »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chronologiese 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 « choux » (#11,540), « commises » (#11,542), « chemises » (#11,539). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chronologie » est au #11,541. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around chronologie (IPA \kʁɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,541 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for chronologie, with forms such as "cchronologie", "chhronologie", and "chornologie". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chronologique", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chronologie, spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Science des temps ; connaissance des époques.
  2. 2
    Liste d’évènements classés suivant leur date, généralement du plus ancien au plus récent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour ce qui est de la forme à donner à cette étude, il apparaît que la chronologie impose quelques divisions principales.
  2. Un temps historique, une histoire dont la chronologie est aisément retraçable, sont le fait d'une classe dominante.

Synonyms

chronographie

This word in other languages

chronology(English)cronología(Español)Chronologie(Deutsch)cronologia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchronologie
  • chhronologie
  • chornologie
  • chrnoologie
  • chronloogie
  • chronnologie
  • chronolgoie
  • chronollogie
  • chronologei
  • chronologgie
  • chronoloige
  • chronoolgie
  • chroonlogie
  • chrronologie
  • crhonologie
  • hcronologie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chronologie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cchronologie1chhronologie1chornologie2chrnoologie2chronloogie2chronnologie1chronolgoie2chronollogie1
Edit distance from "chronologie"

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 "chronologie"?
"chronologie" is spelled C-H-R-O-N-O-L-O-G-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\.
What does "chronologie" mean?
As a noun, "chronologie" means: Science des temps ; connaissance des époques.
What words are commonly confused with "chronologie"?
"chronologie" is commonly confused with "chronologique". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chronologie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chronologie" is \kʁɔ.nɔ.lɔ.ʒi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chronologie" come from?
"chronologie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

capitaliste#11,533attractions#11,526agriculteur#11,517adolescente#11,514

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

confirment16 variantsconservant16 variantsambassadeurs16 variantsdélivrance16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list