chiendent
\ʃjɛ̃.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“chiendent” is uncommon French (frequency #76,421 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,421
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante adventice de plusieurs genres de la famille des Poacées (anciennement Graminées), dont les puissants rhizomes assurent le maintien et la diffusion.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chiendent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃjɛ̃.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chiendent” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chiendent is uncommon French at frequency #76,421 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃjɛ̃.dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
chiendent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is chiendent, spelled C-H-I-E-N-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Plante adventice de plusieurs genres de la famille des Poacées (anciennement Graminées), dont les puissants rhizomes assurent le maintien et la diffusion.
- 2Rhizome de cette plante servant, entre autres choses, à faire des brosses. (Note : pour cet usage on utilise en particulier les rhizomes de Bothriochloa ischaemum ou chiendent à balais.)
- 3Toute plante fort enracinée et difficile à éradiquer.
- 4Point difficile, cas embarrassant.
- 5Parasite, gêneur.
This word in other languages
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 “chiendent”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-E-N-D-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃjɛ̃.dɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.