checkers
\ʃe.køʁz\
The verdict
“checkers” 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 du jeu de dames jouée sur 64 cases et dans laquelle la dame ne fait pas de déplacements longs.
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Index FR-checkers · checkers · French
checkers · 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 | checkers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃe.køʁz\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « checkers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
checkers is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃe.køʁz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante du jeu de dames jouée sur 64 cases et dans laquelle la dame ne fait pas de déplacements longs.".
checkers doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is checkers, spelled C-H-E-C-K-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Variante du jeu de dames jouée sur 64 cases et dans laquelle la dame ne fait pas de déplacements longs.
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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.