championnatvschampionnesConfusable pair

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“championnat” and “championnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,805
“championnat” frequency rank
#25,922
“championnes” frequency rank
27727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature championnat championnes
Definition Épreuve sportive officielle pour déterminer qui sera le champion. Pluriel de championne.

Where the eye mixes championnat and championnes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. championnat and championnes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
championnat
11 ch
championnes

Look-alike desk: championnat vs championnes

A purely visual mix-up. championnat (\ʃɑ̃.pjɔ.na\) and championnes (\ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

championnat is recorded at frequency rank #1,805, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pjɔ.na\. championnes is at rank #25,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\.

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 27727, this pair ranks #327,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of championnat vs championnes

Shared letters: achimnop. Private to "championnat": t. Private to "championnes": es.

"championnat" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVVCCVC  ·  "championnes" · 11 letters · shape CCVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • championnat ← cahmpionnat · cchampionnat · chamiponnat · chammpionnat · champinonat · championant · championat · championnatt
  • championnes ← cahmpionnes · cchampionnes · chamiponnes · chammpionnes · champinones · championens · championes · championness

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "championnat" and "championnes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʃɑ̃.pjɔ.na\ versus \ʃɑ̃.pjɔn\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "championnat" vs "championnes" - which ranks higher?
"championnat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,805 in our French list, against #25,922 for "championnes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "championnat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "championnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #327,170 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "championnat" and "championnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "championne vs championnes". 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 #327,170 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