chaud

\ʃo\

/\ʃo\/ adj

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The verdict

“chaud” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,357
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De température plus haute que la normale, de température élevée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chaud · chaud · French

chaud · rank #1,357 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,357
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH centrale

Nearest frequency peer: centrale (-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 « chaud »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chaud » 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).

chaud vs chou
60% similar
chaud vs chut
60% similar
chaud vs chum
60% similar

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

Key facts for chaud
PropertyValue
Headwordchaud
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,357
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chaud »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « centrale » (#1,356), « contexte » (#1,358), « capacité » (#1,355). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chaud » est au #1,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around chaud (IPA \ʃo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,357 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 16 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chaud, with forms such as "cahud", "cchaud", and "chadu". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chou", "chut", "chum", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 chaud, spelled C-H-A-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    De température plus haute que la normale, de température élevée.
  2. 2
    Qui a ou qui donne de la chaleur, calorifère.
  3. 3
    Qui a ou qui donne de la chaleur, calorifère.
  4. 4
    Brillant et vigoureux, tirant vers le rouge, l’orange ou le jaune.
  5. 5
    Récent, qui n’a pas encore eu le temps de refroidir.
  6. 6
    Prompt, qui se met facilement en colère.
  7. 7
    En chaleur, en rut.
  8. 8
    Qui est érotique.
  9. 9
    Se dit d’un local ou d’une installation contenant ou pouvant contenir des matières fortement radioactives.
  10. 10
    Qui donne un sentiment de danger.
  11. 11
    Sanglant.
  12. 12
    Ardent, zélé, passionné.
  13. 13
    Motivé, avoir envie de.
  14. 14
    Difficile, compliqué.
  15. 15
    Bon, doué.
  16. 16
    Ivre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La journée a été très chaude.
  2. Le soleil est bien chaud aujourd’hui.

Antonyms

froidfrette

This word in other languages

hot(English)caliente(Español)warm(Deutsch)acalorado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cahud
  • cchaud
  • chadu
  • chaudd
  • chhaud
  • chuad
  • hcaud

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chaud - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cahud2cchaud1chadu2chaudd1chhaud1chuad2hcaud2
Edit distance from "chaud"

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 "chaud"?
"chaud" is spelled C-H-A-U-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃo\.
What does "chaud" mean?
As an adjective, "chaud" means: De température plus haute que la normale, de température élevée.
What words are commonly confused with "chaud"?
"chaud" is commonly confused with "chou", "chut", "chum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chaud"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chaud" is \ʃo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chaud" come from?
"chaud" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

siège#1,347ouvre#1,369pages#1,370salut#1,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

gueule7 variantsmusée7 variantssites7 variantsdites7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list