chie

\ʃi\

/\ʃi\/ verb

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The verdict

“chie” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,089. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,089
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chie · chie · French

chie · rank #16,089 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,089
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH catalans

Nearest frequency peer: catalans (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « chie »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « chie » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

chie vs ci
50% similar
chie vs clé
25% similar
chie vs cri
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for chie
PropertyValue
Headwordchie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,089
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chie »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chiese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « catalans » (#16,088), « chuter » (#16,090), « carence » (#16,087). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chie » est au #16,089. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around chie (IPA \ʃi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,089 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for chie, with forms such as "cchie", "chei", and "chhie". 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, "ci", "clé", "cri", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 chie, spelled C-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe chier.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe chier.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe chier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchie
  • chei
  • chhie
  • cihe
  • hcie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchie1chei2chhie1cihe2hcie2
Edit distance from "chie"

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 "chie"?
"chie" is spelled C-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃi\.
What does "chie" mean?
As a verb, "chie" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chier.
What words are commonly confused with "chie"?
"chie" is commonly confused with "ci", "clé", "cri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chie" is \ʃi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chie" come from?
"chie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "chie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

CNIL#16,095cols#16,096core#16,102corn#16,103

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

corp5 variantscurie5 variantsdouai5 variantsanse5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list