chichi
\ʃi.ʃi\
The verdict
“chichi” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,794. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,794
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attitude maniérée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chichi · chichi · French
chichi · rank #42,794 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,794
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cherchiez
Nearest frequency peer: cherchiez (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chichi »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- charabia
charabia
57,211 corpus weight
- chaste
chaste
57,210 corpus weight
- chaumières
chaumières
57,209 corpus weight
- cherchiez
cherchiez
57,208 corpus weight
- chichi
chichi
57,207 corpus weight
- chronos
chronos
57,206 corpus weight
What this shows « chichi » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chichi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.ʃi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #42,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chichi »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around chichi (IPA \ʃi.ʃi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,794 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for chichi, with forms such as "cchichi", "chcihi", and "chhichi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Chili", "chico", "chics", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 chichi, spelled C-H-I-C-H-I.
Definition
- 1Attitude maniérée.
- 2Luxe, éclat vulgaire et prétentieux.
- 3Boucle frisée de cheveux postiches.
- 4Petite ruche d’étoffe, fanfreluche.
- 5Sorte de beignet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chichi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle avait un sourire niais comme les enfants qui savent bien, mais qui n’osent pas répondre. Elle le promena quelque temps par sa face en baissant les yeux, puis elle ne dit rien. Autre part elle eût dit : « Oh ! là là, ne fais donc pas du chichi ! » Elle eût dit cela parce que ceux qui s’intéressent à la misère en profitent d’abord et ensuite ne pensent…
— Et puis je m’en fous, et puis je m’en fous. Y a assez longtemps que ça dure. Tout le chichi m’ennuie. On crache en l’air et ça vous tombe sur le nez. Je me fous de tout à présent et ça vaut bien mieux.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchichi
- chcihi
- chhichi
- chicchi
- chichhi
- chicih
- chihci
- cihchi
- hcichi
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chichi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).