châteaux
/ʃæːˈtoʊ(z)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Few cottages, no châteaux, hardly any inhabitants, were to be seen; it seemed as if we were reaching the very end of the world."
- "Villages and woods, meadows and châteaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes."
- "When royalty and nobility built châteaux throughout this valley during the Renaissance, sumptuousness was uppermost in their minds."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ʃæːˈtoʊ(z)/
- British English: /ˈʃæːtəʊ(z)/