chergui

\ʃɛʁ.ɡi\

/\ʃɛʁ.ɡi\/ noun

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The verdict

“chergui” is uncommon French (frequency #96,746 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,746
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vent chaud de l’est ou du sud-est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chergui · chergui · French

chergui · rank #96,746 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,746
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH checks

Nearest frequency peer: checks (-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 « chergui »

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 « chergui » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chergui
PropertyValue
Headwordchergui
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɛʁ.ɡi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#96,746
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chergui » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cherguitombe 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: « checks » (#96,745), « chimiothérapies » (#96,748), « chatoyante » (#96,743). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chergui » est au #96,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chergui is uncommon French at frequency #96,746 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɛʁ.ɡi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vent chaud de l’est ou du sud-est.".

chergui has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chergui, spelled C-H-E-R-G-U-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vent chaud de l’est ou du sud-est.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le temps qu’il fera : persistance du temps chaud sur le Maroc avec régime de chergui.
  2. Autour de moi, le silence inquiétant. Un coup de chergui me gifla le visage.

This word in other languages

sharqi(English)

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 "chergui"?
"chergui" is spelled C-H-E-R-G-U-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɛʁ.ɡi\.
What does "chergui" mean?
As a noun, "chergui" means: Vent chaud de l’est ou du sud-est.
How do you pronounce "chergui"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chergui" is \ʃɛʁ.ɡi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chergui" come from?
"chergui" 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 "chergui", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cathala#96,733carénée#96,732carters#96,730campari#96,721

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list