Chypre

/\ʃipʁ\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,929

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

Chypre is aFrenchname. It means: Grande île située en Méditerranée orientale, au large des côtes de la Turquie, de la Syrie, et du Liban. Pronounced \ʃipʁ\. Often confused with crypte and cyprès.

Key facts for Chypre
PropertyValue
HeadwordChypre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ʃipʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,929
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Chypre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Chypre is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃipʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,929 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Chypre, with forms such as "cchypre", "chhypre", and "chpyre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "crypte", "cyprès", "chère", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Chypre, spelled C-H-Y-P-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande île située en Méditerranée orientale, au large des côtes de la Turquie, de la Syrie, et du Liban.
  2. 2
    République chypriote, dont la capitale est Nicosie, occupant une partie de cette île, exception faite de la République turque de Chypre du Nord et des deux zones de souveraineté britanniques de Dhekelia et Akrotiri.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchypre,chhypre,chpyre,chyper,chyppre,chyprre,chyrpe,chyypre,cyhpre,hcypre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Chypre

Misspelling Variants of "Chypre"

cchypre7chhypre7chpyre6chyper6chyppre7chyprre7chyrpe6chyypre7
Misspelling Variants of "Chypre"

Frequency rank: #11,929 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Chypre"?
"Chypre" is spelled C-H-Y-P-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃipʁ\.
What does "Chypre" mean?
As a name, "Chypre" means: Grande île située en Méditerranée orientale, au large des côtes de la Turquie, de la Syrie, et du Liban.
What words are commonly confused with "Chypre"?
"Chypre" is commonly confused with "crypte", "cyprès", "chère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Chypre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Chypre" is \ʃipʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Chypre" come from?
"Chypre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.