chou de chien
\ʃu də ʃjɛ̃\
The verdict
“chou de chien” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de mercuriale vivace (espèce de plante).
Corpus desk
Index FR-chou-de-chien · chou de chien · French
chou de chien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chou de chien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu də ʃjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chou de chien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chou de chien is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu də ʃjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de mercuriale vivace (espèce de plante).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chou de chien, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is chou de chien, spelled C-H-O-U- -D-E- -C-H-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de mercuriale vivace (espèce de plante).
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.