chabot

\ʃa.bo\

/\ʃa.bo\/ noun

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The verdict

“chabot” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,134
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désigne plusieurs espèces de poissons osseux marins ou d’eau douce à grosse tête.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chabot · chabot · French

chabot · rank #23,134 · 9 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,134
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH catastrophiqu…

Nearest frequency peer: catastrophiques (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chabot »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chabot » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chabot vs chat
67% similar
chabot vs chant
67% similar
chabot vs Chaos
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chabot
PropertyValue
Headwordchabot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.bo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,134
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chabot »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chabotse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « catastrophiques » (#23,133), « casanova » (#23,132), « Carson » (#23,131). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chabot » est au #23,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around chabot (IPA \ʃa.bo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,134 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chabot, with forms such as "cahbot", "cchabot", and "chabbot". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "chat", "chant", "Chaos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chabot, spelled C-H-A-B-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désigne plusieurs espèces de poissons osseux marins ou d’eau douce à grosse tête.
  2. 2
    Chabot commun.
  3. 3
    Chabot commun.
  4. 4
    Menu cordage pour les échafaudages.
  5. 5
    Meuble représentant l’animal du même nom dans les armoiries. Contrairement au poisson, il est représenté en pal, la tête vers le chef et placé sur le ventre comme si on le voyait depuis une embarcation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chabot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les poissons qu’on trouve dans la Charente sont la tanche, la truite, l’anguille, la plie, le barbeau, le chabot, l’âton, le dard, la brème, le goujon, l’ablette et l’écrevisse ^([sic : L’écrevisse n’est pas un poisson]). Ceux qui remontent de la mer sont la lamproie, le meuil, qui s’arrêtent le plus ordinairement à Jarnac ; la gathe, et rarement l’alose.
  2. D’or à trois chabots de gueules, qui est de Jarnac.

This word in other languages

bullhead(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahbot
  • cchabot
  • chabbot
  • chabott
  • chabto
  • chaobt
  • chbaot
  • chhabot
  • hcabot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chabot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cahbot2cchabot1chabbot1chabott1chabto2chaobt2chbaot2chhabot1
Edit distance from "chabot"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chabot"?
"chabot" is spelled C-H-A-B-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.bo\.
What does "chabot" mean?
As a noun, "chabot" means: Désigne plusieurs espèces de poissons osseux marins ou d’eau douce à grosse tête.
What words are commonly confused with "chabot"?
"chabot" is commonly confused with "chat", "chant", "Chaos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chabot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chabot" is \ʃa.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chabot" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chabot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Carson#23,131common#23,141caille#23,126brunch#23,123

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

collent9 variantsavérés9 variantsdicton9 variantsamusait9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list