chicotte
\ʃi.kɔt\
The verdict
“chicotte” 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) - Fouet dont les lanières sont nouées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chicotte · chicotte · French
chicotte · 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 | chicotte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃi.kɔt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chicotte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chicotte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃi.kɔt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fouet dont les lanières sont nouées.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chicotte, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chicotte, spelled C-H-I-C-O-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Fouet dont les lanières sont nouées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chicotte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tout prisonnier condamné à la chaîne reçoit régulièrement la chicotte à l’expiration de chaque mois.
Essaie voire, vieil ami Yabada, de risquer, sous les yeux du « commandant », rien que deux francs au « patara » ! La chicotte est le moins que puisse te valoir ce crime abominable.
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.