Which to use
“chaire” and “chanvre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,287
- “chaire” frequency rank
- #20,388
- “chanvre” frequency rank
- 29675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chaire | chanvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorte de tribune élevée et ordinairement surmontée d’un dais ou baldaquin dans laquelle se place le prêtre ou le pasteur pour prêcher, pour faire quelque lecture aux assistants, etc. | Plante herbacée, dioïque, dont les fibres de la tige sont utilisés dans la conception textile et dont les inflorescences ont des propriétés psychoactives. |
Where the eye mixes chaire and chanvre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. chaire runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against chanvre's 7 (CCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between chaire and chanvre
A purely visual mix-up. chaire (\ʃɛʁ\) and chanvre (\ʃɑ̃vʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chaire is recorded at frequency rank #9,287, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɛʁ\. chanvre is at rank #20,388, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃vʁ\.
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 29675, this pair ranks #315,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chaire vs chanvre
Shared letters: acehr. Private to "chaire": i. Private to "chanvre": nv.
"chaire" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "chanvre" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chaire" and "chanvre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chaire" vs "chanvre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chanvre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chaire" and "chanvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chantres vs chanvre". 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 #315,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.