chou chinois
\ʃu ʃi.nwa\
The verdict
“chou chinois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variété de navet cultivé pour ses feuilles, originaire de Chine (plante de la famille des Brassicacées). Brassica rapa var. pekinensis.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chou chinois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu ʃi.nwa\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chou chinois” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chou chinois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu ʃi.nwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
chou chinois has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is chou chinois, spelled C-H-O-U- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Variété de navet cultivé pour ses feuilles, originaire de Chine (plante de la famille des Brassicacées). Brassica rapa var. pekinensis.
- 2Bok choy, variété plus petite de chou chinois non pommé cultivée pour ses pétioles. Brassica rapa var. chinensis.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “chou chinois”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-U- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃu ʃi.nwa\ (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.