Chypre

\ʃipʁ\

/\ʃipʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Chypre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,929. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,929
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande île située en Méditerranée orientale, au large des côtes de la Turquie, de la Syrie, et du Liban.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chypre · Chypre · French

Chypre · rank #11,929 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,929
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH choquant

Nearest frequency peer: choquant (-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 « Chypre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Chypre » 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).

Chypre vs crypte
50% similar
Chypre vs cyprès
33% similar
Chypre vs chère
50% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Chypre »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « choquant » (#11,928), « circule » (#11,930), « chapeaux » (#11,927). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Chypre » est au #11,929. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Chypre (IPA \ʃipʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,929 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Chypre, with forms such as "cchypre", "chhypre", and "chpyre". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "crypte", "cyprès", "chère", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Chypre, spelled C-H-Y-P-R-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Cardinal. – Êtes-vous vierge ? n’y a-t-il plus de vin de Chypre ? n’avez-vous pas au fond de la mémoire quelque joyeuse chanson ? n’avez-vous pas lu l’Arétin ?
  2. Dans la partie orientale de la Méditerranée s’étend une île aujourd’hui presque déserte, autrefois fameuse : je veux parler de Chypre.

Synonyms

île d’Aphrodite

This word in other languages

Cyprus(English)Chipre(Español)Zypern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchypre
  • chhypre
  • chpyre
  • chyper
  • chyppre
  • chyprre
  • chyrpe
  • chyypre
  • cyhpre
  • hcypre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchypre1chhypre1chpyre2chyper2chyppre1chyprre1chyrpe2chyypre1
Edit distance from "Chypre"

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 "Chypre"?
"Chypre" is spelled C-H-Y-P-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃipʁ\.
What does "Chypre" mean?
As a proper noun, "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bosses#11,919Denise#11,947drague#11,951gagnes#11,971

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

circule10 variantscaserne10 variantsconçoit10 variantsbitcoin10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list