chics
\ʃik\
The verdict
“chics” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #29,279 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #29,279
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de chic.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chics |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʃik\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #29,279 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chics” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chics is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃik\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,279 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de chic.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chics, with forms such as "cchics", "chcis", and "chhics". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cris", "clic", "cils", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chics, spelled C-H-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de chic.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cchics,chcis,chhics,chiccs,chicss,chisc,cihcs,hcics
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chics - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “chics”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-C-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cris” - see the side-by-side comparison. chics vs Cris
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.