chawarma
\ʃa.waʁ.ma\
The verdict
“chawarma” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de shawarma.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chawarma · chawarma · French
chawarma · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chawarma |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃa.waʁ.ma\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chawarma » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chawarma is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.waʁ.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de shawarma.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chawarma, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chawarma, spelled C-H-A-W-A-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1Variante de shawarma.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chawarma appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais il nous faut rentrer, je ne veux pas conduire de nuit, et je veux encore profiter d’un bon chawarma à l’Auberge à Ségou.
Synonyms
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.