chibotte
\ʃi.bɔt\
The verdict
“chibotte” 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) - Cabane de pierres où se réfugie le berger pour la nuit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chibotte · chibotte · French
chibotte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chibotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.bɔt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chibotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chibotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.bɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cabane de pierres où se réfugie le berger pour la nuit.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chibotte, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chibotte, spelled C-H-I-B-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cabane de pierres où se réfugie le berger pour la nuit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chibotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Fini chibottes et cabanes-roulottes où s’abritait le pâtre. En France, les 700 solitaires qui continuent à fuir le troupeau pour mener vers les hauteurs chacun son milliers de moutons accèdent à un minimum de confort pendant l’estive.
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.