chinoises

\ʃi.nwaz\

/\ʃi.nwaz\/ adj

The verdict

“chinoises” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,616. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,616
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de chinois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chinoises · chinoises · French

chinoises · rank #9,616 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,616
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CFA

Nearest frequency peer: CFA (-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 « chinoises »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chinoises » 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).

chinoises vs chinois
78% similar
chinoises vs chinoise
89% similar
chinoises vs chanoines
78% similar

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

Key facts for chinoises
PropertyValue
Headwordchinoises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʃi.nwaz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,616
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chinoises »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chinoisesse 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 « CFA » (#9,615), « cire » (#9,617), « bêtises » (#9,614). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chinoises » est au #9,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chinoises (IPA \ʃi.nwaz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,616 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de chinois.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chinoises, with forms such as "cchinoises", "chhinoises", and "chinioses". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "chinois", "chinoise", "chanoines", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chinoises, spelled C-H-I-N-O-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de chinois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. M. Lardeux tirait sur ses manches de lustrine, tripotait des lettres, changeait de place la poudre à sécher, la boîte aux plumes d’oie, une boîte plate, en cuir bouilli, décorée de fleurs chinoises.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchinoises
  • chhinoises
  • chinioses
  • chinnoises
  • chinoiess
  • chinoisess
  • chinoisses
  • chinosies
  • chionises
  • chnioises
  • cihnoises
  • hcinoises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchinoises1chhinoises1chinioses2chinnoises1chinoiess2chinoisess1chinoisses1chinosies2
Edit distance from "chinoises"

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 "chinoises"?
"chinoises" is spelled C-H-I-N-O-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃi.nwaz\.
What does "chinoises" mean?
As an adjective, "chinoises" means: Féminin pluriel de chinois.
What words are commonly confused with "chinoises"?
"chinoises" is commonly confused with "chinois", "chinoise", "chanoines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chinoises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chinoises" is \ʃi.nwaz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chinoises" come from?
"chinoises" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list