chistera
\ʃis.tə.ʁa\
The verdict
“chistera” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de panier d’osier, fixé au poignet par l'intermédiaire d'un gant plat en cuir, pour renvoyer la balle, au jeu de la pelote basque. Le masculin est souvent d'usage en français malgré sa termin...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chistera |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃis.tə.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chistera” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chistera is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃis.tə.ʁa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chistera in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chistera, spelled C-H-I-S-T-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Sorte de panier d’osier, fixé au poignet par l'intermédiaire d'un gant plat en cuir, pour renvoyer la balle, au jeu de la pelote basque. Le masculin est souvent d'usage en français malgré sa terminaison en -a et l'influence du féminin en espagnol : una chistera. Un « grand chistera » est toujours au masculin.
- 2Le jeu de pelote basque lui-même.
- 3féminin Une passe effectuée dans le dos, en jetant le bras vers l’arrière, généralement par un demi de mêlée.
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.
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Using “chistera”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-I-S-T-E-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃis.tə.ʁa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.