chicotin
\ʃi.kɔ.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“chicotin” 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) - Suc amer tiré de la coloquinte, de l’aloès.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chicotin · chicotin · French
chicotin · 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 | chicotin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.kɔ.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chicotin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chicotin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.kɔ.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chicotin has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chicotin, spelled C-H-I-C-O-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Suc amer tiré de la coloquinte, de l’aloès.
- 2Synonyme de bolet de fiel (espèce de champignons).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chicotin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela est amer comme chicotin.
Mais, bah ! près d’elle le chicotin serait doux comme miel.
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.