chou cabus

\ʃu ka.by\

/\ʃu ka.by\/ noun

The verdict

“chou cabus” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de chou dont l’aspect lisse et rond rappelle une pomme ; c’est à partir de cette variété que l’on a créé, entre autres, les formes chou blanc, chou rouge ou chou de Brunswick.

Key facts for chou cabus
PropertyValue
Headwordchou cabus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃu ka.by\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “chou cabus” sits in French frequency

chou cabus falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for chou cabus is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃu ka.by\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Variété de chou dont l’aspect lisse et rond rappelle une pomme ; c’est à partir de cette variété que l’on a créé, entre autres, les formes chou blanc, chou rouge ou chou de Brunswick.".

chou cabus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chou cabus, spelled C-H-O-U- -C-A-B-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variété de chou dont l’aspect lisse et rond rappelle une pomme ; c’est à partir de cette variété que l’on a créé, entre autres, les formes chou blanc, chou rouge ou chou de Brunswick.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chou cabus"?
"chou cabus" is spelled C-H-O-U- -C-A-B-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃu ka.by\.
What does "chou cabus" mean?
As a noun, "chou cabus" means: Variété de chou dont l’aspect lisse et rond rappelle une pomme ; c’est à partir de cette variété que l’on a créé, entre autres, les formes chou blanc, chou rouge ou chou de Brunswick.
How do you pronounce "chou cabus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chou cabus" is \ʃu ka.by\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chou cabus" come from?
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Using “chou cabus”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-U- -C-A-B-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʃu ka.by\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list