CHRU
\se.a.ʃɛ.ʁy\
The verdict
“CHRU” is uncommon French (frequency #85,571 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,571
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Centre hospitalier régional et universitaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chru · CHRU · French
CHRU · rank #85,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,571
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH châtellenies
Nearest frequency peer: châtellenies (+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 « CHRU »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chinook
chinook
14,433 corpus weight
- chipmunks
chipmunks
14,432 corpus weight
- CHRU
CHRU
14,430 corpus weight
- châtellenies
châtellenies
14,429 corpus weight
- chétive
chétive
14,428 corpus weight
- circulera
circulera
14,427 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « CHRU » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | CHRU |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.a.ʃɛ.ʁy\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « CHRU » en français
Rare enough to double-check
CHRU is uncommon French at frequency #85,571 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \se.a.ʃɛ.ʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Centre hospitalier régional et universitaire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for CHRU, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is CHRU, spelled C-H-R-U.
Definition
- 1Centre hospitalier régional et universitaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how CHRU appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur les 641 M€ d’investissements de modernisation prévus sur dix ans au CHRU de Brest, l’hôpital psychiatrique représente un coût de 55 M€.
Nos invités : Dr Catherine Simon (psychiatre, CHRU/Brest, vice-présidente/ANPAA), Dr Michel Jacq psychiatre, médecin-chef/centre Gilbert-Raby), Stéphanie Torremocha (psychologue/CH4V) et notre ami le docteur Éric Hispard (hôpital Fernand-Vidal, CSAPA Cap 14, président collégiale alcoologie de l’AP, administrateur SFA).
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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