bout de chou
\bu də ʃu\
The verdict
“bout de chou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune enfant, bébé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-bout-de-chou · bout de chou · French
bout de chou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | bout de chou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bu də ʃu\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « bout de chou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
bout de chou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bu də ʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jeune enfant, bébé.".
No misspelling variants are generated for bout de chou in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is bout de chou, spelled B-O-U-T- -D-E- -C-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Jeune enfant, bébé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bout de chou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et là, c'est au baptême de mon filleul... Regardez ce petit bout de chou.
En regardant à travers le portail disjoint, il sentit que le vent ravivait la présence de son père penché sur la vieille Renault, capot ouvert, manches retroussées, inspectant les bielles, les bougies ou toute autre diablerie, avec un chiffon et une baguette, et Gonzalo derrière lui, bout de chou attentif à ses indications pour lui donner une clé anglaise…
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.