celivschériWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: celi is a pronoun, chéri is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“celi” is a pronoun and “chéri” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,778
“celi” frequency rank
#6,062
“chéri” frequency rank
53840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature celi chéri
Definition Celui. Sincèrement aimé.

Letter map: celi vs chéri

Shared letters muted; letters that set celi and chéri apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
celi
5 ch
chéri

Role in the sentence - celi and chéri

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: celi is apronoun and chérianadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

celi is recorded at frequency rank #47,778, classified as apron. chéri is at rank #6,062, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʃe.ʁi\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53840, this pair ranks #138,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of celi vs chéri

Shared letters: ci. Private to "celi": el. Private to "chéri": hré.

"celi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "chéri" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • celicceli · celli · clei · ecli

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "celi" and "chéri" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "celi" is a pronoun and "chéri" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "celi" vs "chéri" - which ranks higher?
"chéri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,062 in our French list, against #47,778 for "celi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "celi" vs "chéri" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "celi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chéri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #138,032 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "celi" and "chéri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "celi vs cese". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #138,032 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list