chintz
\ʃints\
The verdict
“chintz” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cotonnade imprimée, parfois glacée, utilisée généralement comme tissu d’ameublement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chintz · chintz · French
chintz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chintz |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃints\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chintz » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chintz is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃints\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cotonnade imprimée, parfois glacée, utilisée généralement comme tissu d’ameublement.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for chintz in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chintz, spelled C-H-I-N-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Cotonnade imprimée, parfois glacée, utilisée généralement comme tissu d’ameublement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chintz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un chintz encollé, plissé et bordé de ruban sera posé tout droit autour d’un plafonnier tambour dont le fond sera tendu de pongée.
Je me suis étendu, les pieds joints, sur le canapé de chintz, dans les ténèbres.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.