chocs

\ʃɔk\

/\ʃɔk\/ noun

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The verdict

“chocs” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,840
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de choc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chocs · chocs · French

chocs · rank #10,840 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,840
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chienne

Nearest frequency peer: chienne (-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 « chocs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chocs » 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).

chocs vs cons
60% similar
chocs vs clos
60% similar
chocs vs chou
60% similar

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

Key facts for chocs
PropertyValue
Headwordchocs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃɔk\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,840
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chocs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chocsse 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 « chienne » (#10,839), « chèques » (#10,841), « cherchais » (#10,838). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chocs » est au #10,840. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around chocs (IPA \ʃɔk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,840 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de choc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for chocs, with forms such as "cchocs", "chcos", and "chhocs". 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, "cons", "clos", "chou", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chocs, spelled C-H-O-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de choc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les patients étaient brutalisés et mutilés au moyen de drogues, de chocs et de lobotomies alors que Cameron cherchait un moyen de « désarranger » et « reprogrammer » le mental humain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchocs
  • chcos
  • chhocs
  • choccs
  • chocss
  • chosc
  • cohcs
  • hcocs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chocs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

cchocs1chcos2chhocs1choccs1chocss1chosc2cohcs2hcocs2
Edit distance from "chocs"

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 "chocs"?
"chocs" is spelled C-H-O-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃɔk\.
What does "chocs" mean?
As a noun, "chocs" means: Pluriel de choc.
What words are commonly confused with "chocs"?
"chocs" is commonly confused with "cons", "clos", "chou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chocs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chocs" is \ʃɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chocs" come from?
"chocs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

close#10,842camus#10,834accro#10,815fanny#10,870

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

chienne8 variantsbrique8 variantsatouts8 variantsaimant8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list