chocolat

\ʃɔ.kɔ.la\

/\ʃɔ.kɔ.la\/ noun

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The verdict

“chocolat” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,610
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pâte solidifiée de cacao mélangée à du sucre et souvent du beurre de cacao (ainsi qu'à d'autres ingrédients, éventuellement) consommée sous diverses formes (tablette, boisson, bonbon, etc.).

Corpus desk

Index FR-chocolat · chocolat · French

chocolat · rank #2,610 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,610
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bloc

Nearest frequency peer: bloc (-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 « chocolat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chocolat » 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).

chocolat vs chocolats
89% similar
chocolat vs chocolate
89% similar

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

Key facts for chocolat
PropertyValue
Headwordchocolat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔ.kɔ.la\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,610
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chocolat »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chocolatse 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 « bloc » (#2,609), « collègues » (#2,611), « automne » (#2,608). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chocolat » est au #2,610. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chocolat (IPA \ʃɔ.kɔ.la\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,610 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chocolat, with forms such as "cchocolat", "chcoolat", and "chhocolat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "chocolats", "chocolate", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chocolat, spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pâte solidifiée de cacao mélangée à du sucre et souvent du beurre de cacao (ainsi qu'à d'autres ingrédients, éventuellement) consommée sous diverses formes (tablette, boisson, bonbon, etc.).
  2. 2
    Petite friandise au chocolat.
  3. 3
    Boisson faite à partir de cette substance, mais aussi avec du cacao en poudre.
  4. 4
    Couleur du chocolat, sorte de marron foncé.
  5. 5
    Nègre.
  6. 6
    Fausse monnaie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lorsque l’on ouvre une cabosse, les fèves qui s’y trouvent sont blanches et n’ont pas du tout le goût de chocolat. Ce sont les étapes de fermentation puis de torréfaction, comme pour le café, qui lui donneront ses arômes et sa couleur.
  2. Après, nous avons, en vrac, les addicts au poker, aux jeux en ligne, au tchat, à Facebook. Et, pour finir, les addicts... au chocolat. Oui, au chocolat.

Synonyms

chocolat chaudpraline

This word in other languages

chocolate(English)chocolate(Español)Schokolade(Deutsch)chocolate(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchocolat
  • chcoolat
  • chhocolat
  • choccolat
  • chocloat
  • chocoalt
  • chocolatt
  • chocollat
  • chocolta
  • chooclat
  • cohcolat
  • hcocolat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cchocolat1chcoolat2chhocolat1choccolat1chocloat2chocoalt2chocolatt1chocollat1
Edit distance from "chocolat"

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 "chocolat"?
"chocolat" is spelled C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔ.kɔ.la\.
What does "chocolat" mean?
As a noun, "chocolat" means: Pâte solidifiée de cacao mélangée à du sucre et souvent du beurre de cacao (ainsi qu'à d'autres ingrédients, éventuellement) consommée sous diverses formes (tablette, boisson, bonbon, etc.).
What words are commonly confused with "chocolat"?
"chocolat" is commonly confused with "chocolats", "chocolate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chocolat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chocolat" is \ʃɔ.kɔ.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chocolat" come from?
"chocolat" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confirme#2,612immeuble#2,623maladies#2,630ouvrages#2,588

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

collègues12 variantsnécessité12 variantsrarement12 variantsimmobilier12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list