cʼhoant
\ˈxwãnt\
The verdict
“cʼhoant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désir (tous sens), aspiration.
Corpus desk
Index FR-c-hoant · cʼhoant · French
cʼhoant · 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 | cʼhoant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈxwãnt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cʼhoant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cʼhoant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈxwãnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cʼhoant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cʼhoant, spelled C-ʼ-H-O-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Désir (tous sens), aspiration.
- 2Envie.
- 3Faim.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cʼhoant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bez e weler bremañ ocʼh adsevel, en un doare divezh, tud hag o devez diskouezet en amzer-dremenet n’eo ket ur spered a fealded met ur spered a dreuzvarcʼhata, n’eo ket o gouestoni met o divarregezh, tud hag o devez servijet n’eo ket ar wirionez, met cʼhoantoù an dud a oa ganto ar galloud.
E-touez ar re bersonelañ hag ar re vravañ e lakaan ar re ma vez komzet diardoù eus cʼhoantoù ar cʼhig just a-walcʼh […].
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.