chicks

\tʃiks\

/\tʃiks\/ adj

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The verdict

“chicks” is uncommon French (frequency #95,692 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,692
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dit d’une fille correspondant parfaitement aux canons de beauté féminine des hommes.

Key facts for chicks
PropertyValue
Headwordchicks
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\tʃiks\
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chicks” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). chicks lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chicks is uncommon French at frequency #95,692 among 257,141 “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.

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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Using “chicks”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-C-K-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \tʃiks\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list