ChampignyvschampionsTell them apart

Quick tell: Champigny is a name, champions is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Champigny” is a name and “champions” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,942
“Champigny” frequency rank
#2,508
“champions” frequency rank
33450
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Champigny champions
Definition Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne. Pluriel de champion.

Letter map: Champigny vs champions

Shared letters muted; letters that set Champigny and champions apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. Champigny (CCVCCVCCV) and champions (CCVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
Champigny
9 ch
champions

Grammar separator: Champigny vs champions

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Champigny is aname and championsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Champigny is recorded at frequency rank #30,942, classified as aname. champions is at rank #2,508, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pjɔ̃\.

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 33450, this pair ranks #290,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Champigny vs champions

Shared letters: achimnp. Private to "Champigny": gy. Private to "champions": os.

"Champigny" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV  ·  "champions" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Champigny ← cahmpigny · cchampigny · chamipgny · chammpigny · champginy · champiggny · champignny · champignyy
  • champions ← cahmpions · cchampions · chamipons · chammpions · champinos · championns · championss · champiosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Champigny" and "champions" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Champigny" is a name and "champions" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Champigny" or "champions" show up more?
"champions" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,508 in our French list, against #30,942 for "Champigny". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Champigny" and "champions".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Champigny" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "champions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Champigny" and "champions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champignon vs Champigny". 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 #290,565 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