chique
\ʃik\
The verdict
“chique” is an uncommon French word, ranked #65,021 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,021
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Morceau de tabac ou d'un autre végétal, que l’on mâche.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃik\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chique” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chique is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃik\. Corpus data places it at rank #65,021 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for chique in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chique, spelled C-H-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Morceau de tabac ou d'un autre végétal, que l’on mâche.
- 2Gomme à mâcher.
- 3(région de Liège) Bonbon, sucrerie.
- 4Tuméfaction de la joue, due à une infection dentaire (par analogie avec la joue gonflée d’un chiqueur de tabac).
- 5Vol dans les églises.
- 6Petit cocon de soie peu fourni.
Synonyms
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); 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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Using “chique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃik\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.