# chap vs chau

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### chap
*noun · IPA \tʃæp\ · frequency rank #20,951*
(sauf au Royaume-Uni) Un gars, un type.

### chau
*verb · IPA \cau˦\ · frequency rank #41,178*
Froncer.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/chap-vs-chau