crème chantilly

\kʁɛm ʃɑ̃.ti.ji\

/\kʁɛm ʃɑ̃.ti.ji\/ noun

The verdict

“crème chantilly” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de chantilly.

Corpus desk

Index FR-creme-chantilly · crème chantilly · French

crème chantilly · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for crème chantilly
PropertyValue
Headwordcrème chantilly
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kʁɛm ʃɑ̃.ti.ji\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « crème chantilly » en français

crème chantillysiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

crème chantilly is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kʁɛm ʃɑ̃.ti.ji\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de chantilly.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for crème chantilly, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is crème chantilly, spelled C-R-È-M-E- -C-H-A-N-T-I-L-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de chantilly.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au moment de se mettre à table pour le banquet, il imaginait le prétexte d'une colère terrible qui dispersait tout le monde en larmes dans les chambres et il demeurait seul, comme il avait voulu, devant la nappe mise avec toutes les victuailles, cuites à point, exposées dessus, qu'il dévorait jusqu'à la dernière miette de l’oie et jusqu’à la dernière cuil…
  2. Préparez la crème chantilly : dans un saladier profond, versez la crème liquide, ajoutez la crème épaisse, la vanille et le sucre.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "crème chantilly"?
"crème chantilly" is spelled C-R-È-M-E- -C-H-A-N-T-I-L-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \kʁɛm ʃɑ̃.ti.ji\.
What does "crème chantilly" mean?
As a noun, "crème chantilly" means: Synonyme de chantilly.
How do you pronounce "crème chantilly"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "crème chantilly" is \kʁɛm ʃɑ̃.ti.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "crème chantilly" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list