chien policier
\ʃjɛ̃ pɔ.li.sje\
The verdict
“chien policier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chien utilisé par les forces de l’ordre pour la recherche d’explosifs, de stupéfiants, de personnes ; le sauvetage ou la défense.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chien-policier · chien policier · French
chien policier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | chien policier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃjɛ̃ pɔ.li.sje\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chien policier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chien policier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃjɛ̃ pɔ.li.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chien utilisé par les forces de l’ordre pour la recherche d’explosifs, de stupéfiants, de personnes ; le sauvetage ou la défense.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chien policier, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chien policier, spelled C-H-I-E-N- -P-O-L-I-C-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Chien utilisé par les forces de l’ordre pour la recherche d’explosifs, de stupéfiants, de personnes ; le sauvetage ou la défense.
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