chon
\ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“chon” is uncommon French (frequency #75,504 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,504
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contre-dosse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chon · chon · French
chon · rank #75,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,504
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chevrotine
Nearest frequency peer: chevrotine (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chon »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Chaville
Chaville
24,501 corpus weight
- chevauchées
chevauchées
24,499 corpus weight
- chevrotine
chevrotine
24,498 corpus weight
- chon
chon
24,497 corpus weight
- Châteaulin
Châteaulin
24,495 corpus weight
- ciblait
ciblait
24,494 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #75,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chon is uncommon French at frequency #75,504 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 chon, spelled C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1Contre-dosse.
- 2Planche de bois non délignée parfois flacheuse, utilisée entre autre dans le domaine des travaux publics pour le blindage des fouilles
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On appelle chons, les planches que l’on retire immédiatement après les dosseaux, et dont les côtés sont encore flacheux ou en biseau. Les chons ont une largeur moyenne de 6 à 7 pouces (0ᵐ,162) à (0ᵐ,189).
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.
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