Chignon
[ʃɪnˈjɔ̃ː]
The verdict
“Chignon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einer Art Knoten angeordnetes Haar am Hinterkopf, das mit Hilfsmitteln wie Haarnadeln, Haarnetz oder Ähnlichem in Form gehalten wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-chignon · Chignon · German
Chignon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Chignon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃɪnˈjɔ̃ː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Chignon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Chignon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃɪnˈjɔ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu einer Art Knoten angeordnetes Haar am Hinterkopf, das mit Hilfsmitteln wie Haarnadeln, Haarnetz oder Ähnlichem in Form gehalten wird".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Chignon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Chignon, spelled C-H-I-G-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1zu einer Art Knoten angeordnetes Haar am Hinterkopf, das mit Hilfsmitteln wie Haarnadeln, Haarnetz oder Ähnlichem in Form gehalten wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Chignon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihre Gastgeberin machte sich an einer Locke grauer Haare zu schaffen, die sich aus ihrem unordentlichen Chignon gelöst hatte.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.