chip
\tʃip\
The verdict
“chip” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,369
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de micropuce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chip · chip · French
chip · rank #27,369 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,369
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chignon
Nearest frequency peer: chignon (-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 « chip »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- chevreuil
chevreuil
72,635 corpus weight
- chiche
chiche
72,634 corpus weight
- chignon
chignon
72,633 corpus weight
- chip
chip
72,632 corpus weight
- cid
cid
72,631 corpus weight
- citernes
citernes
72,630 corpus weight
What this shows « chip » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chip |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʃip\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chip »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around chip (IPA \tʃip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,369 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for chip, with forms such as "cchip", "chhip", and "chipp". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ci", "CP", "cri", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chip, spelled C-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de micropuce.
- 2Revers coupé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chip appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des milliers de problèmes qui se posent tous les jours aux informaticiens tombent dans la catégorie NP, parmi lesquels : quel est le meilleur design pour un chip informatique.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cchip
- chhip
- chipp
- chpi
- cihp
- hcip
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chip - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).