chienne

/\ʃjɛn\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,839

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

chienne is aFrenchnoun. It means: Animal femelle de l’espèce Canis lupus familiaris. Pronounced \ʃjɛn\. Often confused with chiens and chient.

Key facts for chienne
PropertyValue
Headwordchienne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃjɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,839
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chienne in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chienne is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃjɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,839 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for chienne, with forms such as "cchienne", "cheinne", and "chhienne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "chiens", "chient", "cliente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chienne, spelled C-H-I-E-N-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal femelle de l’espèce Canis lupus familiaris.
  2. 2
    En parlant des choses : très mauvais, exécrable.
  3. 3
    Femme au fort appétit sexuel ; femme délurée et lubrique.
  4. 4
    Cheveux formant une sorte de frange sur le front.
  5. 5
    Masse de glace qui, sur un cours d’eau, bloque les billots de bois que l’on veut faire transporter par le courant.
  6. 6
    Vêtement de travail souvent ignifuge.
  7. 7
    Grosse bouteille de bière, normalement de 40 oz (1,18 litres).
  8. 8
    Peur.
  9. 9
    Autre nom de la tiretoire, car cet outil mord le bois.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchienne,cheinne,chhienne,chiene,chienen,chinene,cihenne,hcienne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chienne

Misspelling Variants of "chienne"

cchienne8cheinne7chhienne8chiene6chienen7chinene7cihenne7hcienne7
Misspelling Variants of "chienne"

Frequency rank: #10,839 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chienne"?
"chienne" is spelled C-H-I-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃjɛn\.
What does "chienne" mean?
As a noun, "chienne" means: Animal femelle de l’espèce Canis lupus familiaris.
What words are commonly confused with "chienne"?
"chienne" is commonly confused with "chiens", "chient", "cliente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chienne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chienne" is \ʃjɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chienne" come from?
"chienne" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.