choose
\t͡ʃuz\
The verdict
“choose” is uncommon French (frequency #51,353 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,353
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Choisir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-choose · choose · French
choose · rank #51,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,353
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chloroforme
Nearest frequency peer: chloroforme (-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 « choose »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cheque
cheque
48,651 corpus weight
- chipoter
chipoter
48,650 corpus weight
- chloroforme
chloroforme
48,649 corpus weight
- choose
choose
48,648 corpus weight
- cin
cin
48,646 corpus weight
- cinglée
cinglée
48,645 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « choose » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | choose |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \t͡ʃuz\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « choose » en français
Rare enough to double-check
choose is uncommon French at frequency #51,353 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \t͡ʃuz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Choisir.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for choose in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 choose, spelled C-H-O-O-S-E.
Definition
- 1Choisir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how choose appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Little Elephant had saved his money and had bought Christmas presents for the family. He was pleased about the things he had chosen, and he often picked them up and looked at them.
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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