choisissais

\ʃwa.zi.sɛ\

/\ʃwa.zi.sɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“choisissais” is uncommon French (frequency #87,458 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,458
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de choisir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-choisissais · choisissais · French

choisissais · rank #87,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,458
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Chios

Nearest frequency peer: Chios (-2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « choisissais »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « choisissais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for choisissais
PropertyValue
Headwordchoisissais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃwa.zi.sɛ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#87,458
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « choisissais » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).choisissaistombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Chios » (#87,456), « chronologies » (#87,460), « chronométrée » (#87,461). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « choisissais » est au #87,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

choisissais is uncommon French at frequency #87,458 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃwa.zi.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for choisissais, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is choisissais, spelled C-H-O-I-S-I-S-S-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de choisir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de choisir.

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 "choisissais"?
"choisissais" is spelled C-H-O-I-S-I-S-S-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃwa.zi.sɛ\.
What does "choisissais" mean?
As a verb, "choisissais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de choisir.
How do you pronounce "choisissais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choisissais" is \ʃwa.zi.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choisissais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list