checken
\ˈt͡ʃɛkən\
The verdict
“checken” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (transitif) Contrôler, vérifier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-checken · checken · French
checken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | checken |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈt͡ʃɛkən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
checken is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈt͡ʃɛkən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for checken, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 checken, spelled C-H-E-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1(transitif) Contrôler, vérifier.
- 2(transitif) Comprendre, piger.
- 3(transitif) Contrer.
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.