chiite

\ʃi.it\

/\ʃi.it\/ adj

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The verdict

“chiite” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,479
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schismatique, en se référant à l’islam.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chiite · chiite · French

chiite · rank #23,479 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,479
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chargeurs

Nearest frequency peer: chargeurs (-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 « chiite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chiite » 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).

chiite vs cité
50% similar
chiite vs chute
67% similar
chiite vs cuite
67% similar

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

Key facts for chiite
PropertyValue
Headwordchiite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃi.it\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,479
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chiite »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chiitese 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 « chargeurs » (#23,478), « children » (#23,480), « Chaplin » (#23,477). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chiite » est au #23,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chiite (IPA \ʃi.it\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,479 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Schismatique, en se référant à l’islam.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chiite, with forms such as "cchiite", "chhiite", and "chiiet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cité", "chute", "cuite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chiite, spelled C-H-I-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schismatique, en se référant à l’islam.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chiite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je viens d’une famille chiite traditionnelle. On m’a toujours appris que les ismaéliens n’étaient que des hérétiques.
  2. Le haut clergé chiite, de plus en plus majoritairement iranien, a eu de plus en plus tendance à identifier la cause du chiisme et celle de la nation iranienne.

This word in other languages

Shiite(English)chií(Español)schiitisch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchiite
  • chhiite
  • chiiet
  • chiitte
  • chite
  • chitie
  • cihite
  • hciite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chiite - 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.

cchiite1chhiite1chiiet2chiitte1chite1chitie2cihite2hciite2
Edit distance from "chiite"

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 "chiite"?
"chiite" is spelled C-H-I-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃi.it\.
What does "chiite" mean?
As an adjective, "chiite" means: Schismatique, en se référant à l’islam.
What words are commonly confused with "chiite"?
"chiite" is commonly confused with "cité", "chute", "cuite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chiite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chiite" is \ʃi.it\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chiite" come from?
"chiite" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

church#23,482border#23,469crêtes#23,503cédant#23,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

canette8 variantsCluny8 variantscoulisse8 variantsdéçoit8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list