chicoter
\ʃi.kɔ.te\
The verdict
“chicoter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Contester sur des bagatelles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chicoter · chicoter · French
chicoter · 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 | chicoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃi.kɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chicoter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chicoter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃi.kɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chicoter in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 chicoter, spelled C-H-I-C-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Contester sur des bagatelles.
- 2Crier, en parlant de la souris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chicoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et ne chicotez pas ! Pourquoi intervient-il si vite, cet hidalgo ? Je lui réservais une apparition d’un meilleur effet au chapitre 3.
Une foule de petits bruits sinistres, des bruits de bestioles qui s’activent dans l’obscurité, qui chicotent, qui courent, qui s’arrêtent, qui farfouillent, qui repartent.
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.