choix

/\ʃwa\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#399

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

choix is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de choisir. Pronounced \ʃwa\. It ranks #399 in French word frequency. Often confused with cox and coi.

Key facts for choix
PropertyValue
Headwordchoix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃwa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#399
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of choix in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for choix is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #399 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for choix, with forms such as "cchoix", "chhoix", and "chiox". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cox", "coi", "coin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is choix, spelled C-H-O-I-X, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de choisir.
  2. 2
    Pouvoir ou faculté de choisir.
  3. 3
    Préférence accordée à une personne ou à une chose.
  4. 4
    Variété, grande quantité d’objets entre lesquels on peut choisir.
  5. 5
    Discernement ; distinction.
  6. 6
    Meilleur ou qu’on a jugé le meilleur.
  7. 7
    Ce qui a été particulièrement choisi.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cchoix,chhoix,chiox,choixx,choxi,cohix,hcoix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for choix

Misspelling Variants of "choix"

cchoix6chhoix6chiox5choixx6choxi5cohix5hcoix5
Misspelling Variants of "choix"

Frequency rank: #399 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choix"?
"choix" is spelled C-H-O-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃwa\.
What does "choix" mean?
As a noun, "choix" means: Action de choisir.
What words are commonly confused with "choix"?
"choix" is commonly confused with "cox", "coi", "coin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "choix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choix" is \ʃwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choix" come from?
"choix" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.