chiots

/\ʃjo\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,147

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

chiots is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de chiot. Pronounced \ʃjo\. Often confused with chocs and chips.

Key facts for chiots
PropertyValue
Headwordchiots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃjo\
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,147
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of chiots in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chiots is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃjo\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,147 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de chiot.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for chiots, with forms such as "cchiots", "chhiots", and "chiost". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "chocs", "chips", "cuits", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is chiots, spelled C-H-I-O-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chiot.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchiots,chhiots,chiost,chiotss,chiotts,chitos,choits,cihots,hciots

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for chiots

Misspelling Variants of "chiots"

cchiots7chhiots7chiost6chiotss7chiotts7chitos6choits6cihots6
Misspelling Variants of "chiots"

Frequency rank: #24,147 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chiots"?
"chiots" is spelled C-H-I-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃjo\.
What does "chiots" mean?
As a noun, "chiots" means: Pluriel de chiot.
What words are commonly confused with "chiots"?
"chiots" is commonly confused with "chocs", "chips", "cuits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chiots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chiots" is \ʃjo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chiots" come from?
"chiots" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.