bout de chou
\bu də ʃu\
The verdict
“bout de chou” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jeune enfant, bébé.
| 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) |
Where “bout de chou” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for bout de chou is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bu də ʃu\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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Using “bout de chou”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is B-O-U-T- -D-E- -C-H-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \bu də ʃu\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.