check-up
\tʃɛ.k‿œp\
The verdict
“check-up” 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) - Bilan de santé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-check-up · check-up · French
check-up · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | check-up |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʃɛ.k‿œp\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « check-up » en français
Rare enough to double-check
check-up is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʃɛ.k‿œp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for check-up in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is check-up, spelled C-H-E-C-K---U-P.
Definition
- 1Bilan de santé.
- 2Vérification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how check-up appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je l’appelai donc, lui racontant que Génolab offrait un check-up de routine à tous ses employés ayant passé les quarante ans.
A la clinique, plusieurs choix s’offrent à vous : vous pouvez demander une simple visite de routine (un check-up), à faire castrer / stériliser ou même décastrer / déstériliser votre animal (oui, tout est possible dans Les Sims !), ou à le faire soigner s’il est visiblement malade.
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.