chicks

\tʃiks\

/\tʃiks\/ adj

The verdict

“chicks” is uncommon French (frequency #95,692 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,692
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’une fille correspondant parfaitement aux canons de beauté féminine des hommes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chicks · chicks · French

chicks · rank #95,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,692
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chinoiseries

Nearest frequency peer: chinoiseries (+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 « chicks »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chicks
PropertyValue
Headwordchicks
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʃiks\
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chicks » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « chinoiseries » (#95,693), « cheptels » (#95,690), « chitine » (#95,694). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chicks » est au #95,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chicks is uncommon French at frequency #95,692 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \tʃiks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dit d’une fille correspondant parfaitement aux canons de beauté féminine des hommes.".

chicks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chicks, spelled C-H-I-C-K-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit d’une fille correspondant parfaitement aux canons de beauté féminine des hommes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’avais les g’noux mous pis toute c’était la plus belle affaire du monde On aurait pu être l’inspiration d’une toune de Céline Dion Mais quand y’a vu l’aut’ fille qui était plus chicks que moi Il l’a ramené chez eux drette devant mes yeux Ostie de gang de pas de classe
  2. En tout cas, est encore chicks, sérieux, Sarah! En shape. En SÉRIEUSE shape.

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 "chicks"?
"chicks" is spelled C-H-I-C-K-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tʃiks\.
What does "chicks" mean?
As an adjective, "chicks" means: Se dit d’une fille correspondant parfaitement aux canons de beauté féminine des hommes.
How do you pronounce "chicks"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chicks" is \tʃiks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chicks" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list