choix

\ʃwa\

/\ʃwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“choix” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#399
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-choix · choix · French

choix · rank #399 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #399
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH belle

Nearest frequency peer: belle (-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 « choix »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « choix » 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).

choix vs cox
60% similar
choix vs coi
60% similar
choix vs coin
60% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « choix »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).choixse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « belle » (#398), « Française » (#400), « aide » (#397). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « choix » est au #399. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around choix (IPA \ʃwa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #399 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for choix, with forms such as "cchoix", "chhoix", and "chiox". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cox", "coi", "coin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is choix, spelled C-H-O-I-X.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Faire un bon choix, un mauvais choix. — Un choix éclairé.
  2. D’un saut elle traversa le chemin, et à la hâte fit choix de quatre boîtes qu’elle emporta en courant pour aller les cacher au pied d’une haie, sous un tas de feuilles sèches.

Synonyms

adoptionalternativecollectionconvenancecooptationdessus du panieroptiontriélection

This word in other languages

choice(English)elección(Español)Auswahl(Deutsch)designação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchoix
  • chhoix
  • chiox
  • choixx
  • choxi
  • cohix
  • hcoix

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of choix - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchoix1chhoix1chiox2choixx1choxi2cohix2hcoix2
Edit distance from "choix"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

belle#398amour#408matin#389titre#387

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

sommes7 variantsayant7 variantsmoyen7 variantsEurope7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list