chiot

\ʃjo\

/\ʃjo\/ noun

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The verdict

“chiot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,433
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très jeune chien (mâle ou femelle).

Corpus desk

Index FR-chiot · chiot · French

chiot · rank #18,433 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,433
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chapelles

Nearest frequency peer: chapelles (-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 « chiot »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chiot » 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).

chiot vs chou
60% similar
chiot vs cuit
60% similar
chiot vs chut
60% similar

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

Key facts for chiot
PropertyValue
Headwordchiot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃjo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#18,433
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chiot »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chiotse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chapelles » (#18,432), « chorégraphie » (#18,434), « changeait » (#18,431). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chiot » est au #18,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around chiot (IPA \ʃjo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,433 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for chiot, with forms such as "cchiot", "chhiot", and "chiott". 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, "chou", "cuit", "chut", 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 chiot, spelled C-H-I-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très jeune chien (mâle ou femelle).
  2. 2
    Autre appellation du blanchon (bébé phoque)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est pourquoi, il est nécessaire d’observer son propre chiot et de le guider en se calquant sur son rythme.

This word in other languages

puppy(English)cachorro(Español)Welpe(Deutsch)cria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchiot
  • chhiot
  • chiott
  • chito
  • choit
  • cihot
  • hciot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchiot1chhiot1chiott1chito2choit2cihot2hciot2
Edit distance from "chiot"

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 "chiot"?
"chiot" is spelled C-H-I-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃjo\.
What does "chiot" mean?
As a noun, "chiot" means: Très jeune chien (mâle ou femelle).
What words are commonly confused with "chiot"?
"chiot" is commonly confused with "chou", "cuit", "chut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chiot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chiot" is \ʃjo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chiot" come from?
"chiot" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cathy#18,428Comic#18,438brefs#18,417bosch#18,415

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

connut7 variantscover7 variantsavoine7 variantsearth7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list