chatouiller

\ʃa.tu.je\

/\ʃa.tu.je\/ verb

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The verdict

“chatouiller” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,666. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,666
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causer, par des attouchements légers et répétés, un tressaillement qui provoque le rire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chatouiller · chatouiller · French

chatouiller · rank #40,666 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,666
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH centaure

Nearest frequency peer: centaure (-2 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 « chatouiller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chatouiller » 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
Key facts for chatouiller
PropertyValue
Headwordchatouiller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃa.tu.je\
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,666
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chatouiller »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chatouillerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « centaure » (#40,664), « chronicle » (#40,668), « CBD » (#40,663). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chatouiller » est au #40,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around chatouiller (IPA \ʃa.tu.je\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,666 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for chatouiller, with forms such as "cahtouiller", "cchatouiller", and "chaotuiller". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 chatouiller, spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Causer, par des attouchements légers et répétés, un tressaillement qui provoque le rire.
  2. 2
    Tout ce qui produit sur les sens des impressions agréables.
  3. 3
    Flatter agréablement.
  4. 4
    Toucher légèrement.
  5. 5
    Gratter, grattouiller.
  6. 6
    Émouvoir agréablement.
  7. 7
    Faire éprouver un picotement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Chatouiller quelqu’un aux côtés.
  2. Le chatouiller à la plante des pieds.

This word in other languages

tickle(English)cosquillear(Español)kitzeln(Deutsch)titilar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahtouiller
  • cchatouiller
  • chaotuiller
  • chatoiuller
  • chatouilelr
  • chatouiler
  • chatouillerr
  • chatouillre
  • chatouliler
  • chattouiller
  • chatuoiller
  • chhatouiller
  • chtaouiller
  • hcatouiller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chatouiller - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cahtouiller2cchatouiller1chaotuiller2chatoiuller2chatouilelr2chatouiler1chatouillerr1chatouillre2
Edit distance from "chatouiller"

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 "chatouiller"?
"chatouiller" is spelled C-H-A-T-O-U-I-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.tu.je\.
What does "chatouiller" mean?
As a verb, "chatouiller" means: Causer, par des attouchements légers et répétés, un tressaillement qui provoque le rire.
What are common misspellings of "chatouiller"?
Common misspellings include "cahtouiller", "cchatouiller", "chaotuiller", "chatoiuller", "chatouilelr". The correct spelling is "chatouiller".
How do you pronounce "chatouiller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chatouiller" is \ʃa.tu.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chatouiller" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contaminées#40,690contrevient#40,691bicyclettes#40,625demandèrent#40,712

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

chronicle14 variantsclimatisé14 variantscomparons14 variantscraignons14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list