checklist

\tʃɛk.list\

/\tʃɛk.list\/ noun

The verdict

“checklist” is uncommon French (frequency #68,133 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,133
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liste de tâches ou de vérifications à effectuer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-checklist · checklist · French

checklist · rank #68,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,133
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chedid

Nearest frequency peer: Chedid (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « checklist »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « checklist » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for checklist
PropertyValue
Headwordchecklist
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʃɛk.list\
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,133
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « checklist » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.checklisttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Chedid » (#68,134), « chausses » (#68,131), « chatouilles » (#68,130). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « checklist » est au #68,133. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

checklist is uncommon French at frequency #68,133 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʃɛk.list\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Liste de tâches ou de vérifications à effectuer.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for checklist in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is checklist, spelled C-H-E-C-K-L-I-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Liste de tâches ou de vérifications à effectuer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Benjamin prit place dans la bulle, à côté du pilote, ajusta son casque de vol et régla le laryngophone, pendant que le second maître, un happeur gainé de plastique transparent à la main, finissait d'égrener sa check-list avant le départ.
  2. Dans sa tête, une check-list commençait à se mettre en place.

Synonyms

liste de contrôle(s)liste de vérification(s)

This word in other languages

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 "checklist"?
"checklist" is spelled C-H-E-C-K-L-I-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃɛk.list\.
What does "checklist" mean?
As a noun, "checklist" means: Liste de tâches ou de vérifications à effectuer.
How do you pronounce "checklist"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "checklist" is \tʃɛk.list\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "checklist" come from?
"checklist" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list