chienlit
\ʃjɑ̃.li\
The verdict
“chienlit” is uncommon French (frequency #68,909 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,909
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masque qui parcourt les rues en temps de carnaval.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chienlit · chienlit · French
chienlit · rank #68,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,909
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chicaner
Nearest frequency peer: chicaner (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chienlit »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chercherons
chercherons
31,095 corpus weight
- chialent
chialent
31,094 corpus weight
- chicaner
chicaner
31,093 corpus weight
- chienlit
chienlit
31,092 corpus weight
- chlamydia
chlamydia
31,089 corpus weight
- chochotte
chochotte
31,088 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chienlit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chienlit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃjɑ̃.li\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chienlit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chienlit is uncommon French at frequency #68,909 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃjɑ̃.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
chienlit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chienlit, spelled C-H-I-E-N-L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Masque qui parcourt les rues en temps de carnaval.
- 2Personne ridiculement accoutrée.
- 3Personne masquée de carnaval populaire.
- 4Pagaille, désordre public.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chienlit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est un chienlit.
Des chienlits chantaient une ronde, qu’ils accompagnaient au refrain en tapant des talons.
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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