checks
\tʃɛk\
The verdict
“checks” is uncommon French (frequency #96,745 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,745
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de check.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | checks |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʃɛk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “checks” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
checks is uncommon French at frequency #96,745 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʃɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de check.".
checks has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is checks, spelled C-H-E-C-K-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de check.
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.
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Using “checks”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-E-C-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tʃɛk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.