Français homophones

chie/chient/sci/she/shea/Ski

"chie" is a verb; "sci" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

Data vintage 2026-05-06

Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "chie" arrives as a verb, while "sci" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

Shared stem "chie" then splits - "chie" (4 letters) vs "chient" (6).
No shared spelling stem: "chie" is 4 letters, "sci" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chie" is 4 letters, "she" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chie" is 4 letters, "shea" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chie" is 4 letters, "Ski" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chient" is 6 letters, "sci" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chient" is 6 letters, "she" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chient" is 6 letters, "shea" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "chient" is 6 letters, "Ski" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "sci" is 3 letters, "she" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "sci" is 3 letters, "shea" is 4; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "sci" is 3 letters, "Ski" is 3; only the sound ties them.
Shared stem "she" then splits - "she" (3 letters) vs "shea" (4).
No shared spelling stem: "she" is 3 letters, "Ski" is 3; only the sound ties them.
No shared spelling stem: "shea" is 4 letters, "Ski" is 3; only the sound ties them.

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across chie, chient, sci, she, shea, Ski: none. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

chie
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVV
Inventory cehi · private cehi
chient
6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVVCC
Inventory cehint · private cehint
sci
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCV
Inventory cis · private cis
she
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCV
Inventory ehs · private ehs
shea
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CCVV
Inventory aehs · private aehs
Ski
3 letters · 1 vowels · shape CCV
Inventory iks · private iks

Pick the spelling from the meaning

Write "chie" when you mean: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.
Write "chient" when you mean: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.
Write "sci" when you mean: Ski, patin très long, légèrement recourbé en avant, qui sert à glisser sur la neige.
Write "she" when you mean: Elle. Se réfère à une femme de la troisième personne du sujet.
Write "shea" when you mean: Karité.
Write "Ski" when you mean: Ski.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

chie ← cchie · chei · chhie · cihe · hcie
chient ← cchient · cheint · chhient · chiennt · chientt · chietn
shea ← hsea · seha · shae · shhea · sshea

Each spelling

chie

verb · /\ʃi\/ · #16,089 frequency

Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.

chient

verb · /\ʃi\/ · #48,980 frequency

Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.

sci

noun · /\ˈʃi\/ · #17,003 frequency

Ski, patin très long, légèrement recourbé en avant, qui sert à glisser sur la neige.

she

pronoun · /\ʃi\/ · #16,015 frequency

Elle. Se réfère à une femme de la troisième personne du sujet.

shea

noun · /\ʃi\/ · #35,724 frequency

Karité.

Ski

noun · /\ʃiː\/ · #3,038 frequency

Ski.