chin

\ʃin\

/\ʃin\/ noun

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The verdict

“chin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,520
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de la treizième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\ʃ\ Isolée ﺵ, initiale ﺷ, médiane ﺸ, finale ﺶ).

Corpus desk

Index FR-chin · chin · French

chin · rank #30,520 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,520
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chimères

Nearest frequency peer: chimères (-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 « chin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chin » 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).

chin vs ci
50% similar
chin vs CN
0% similar
chin vs con
50% similar

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

Key facts for chin
PropertyValue
Headwordchin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃin\
Letters4
Frequency rank#30,520
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).chinse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chimères » (#30,519), « Choiseul » (#30,521), « chiffrées » (#30,518). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chin » est au #30,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around chin (IPA \ʃin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,520 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de la treizième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\ʃ\ Isolée ﺵ, initiale ﺷ, médiane ﺸ, finale ﺶ).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chin, with forms such as "cchin", "chhin", and "chinn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ci", "CN", "con", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chin, spelled C-H-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de la treizième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\ʃ\ Isolée ﺵ, initiale ﺷ, médiane ﺸ, finale ﺶ).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchin
  • chhin
  • chinn
  • chni
  • cihn
  • hcin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchin1chhin1chinn1chni2cihn2hcin2
Edit distance from "chin"

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 "chin"?
"chin" is spelled C-H-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃin\.
What does "chin" mean?
As a noun, "chin" means: Nom de la treizième lettre de l’alphabet arabe (\ʃ\ Isolée ﺵ, initiale ﺷ, médiane ﺸ, finale ﺶ).
What words are commonly confused with "chin"?
"chin" is commonly confused with "ci", "CN", "con". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chin" is \ʃin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chin" come from?
"chin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cata#30,510Burt#30,501bots#30,493bath#30,486

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

botté6 variantsastro6 variantsAscq6 variantsdolly6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list