chou de Milan
\ʃu də mi.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“chou de Milan” 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 May 6, 2026) - Variété de chou pommé (Brassica oleracea var. sabauda), à feuilles vertes gaufrées ou cloquées, résistant bien au froid, et consommé comme légume.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chou de Milan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu də mi.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chou de Milan” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
chou de Milan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu də mi.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variété de chou pommé (Brassica oleracea var. sabauda), à feuilles vertes gaufrées ou cloquées, résistant bien au froid, et consommé comme légume.".
chou de Milan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chou de Milan, spelled C-H-O-U- -D-E- -M-I-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Variété de chou pommé (Brassica oleracea var. sabauda), à feuilles vertes gaufrées ou cloquées, résistant bien au froid, et consommé comme légume.
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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 de Milan”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-U- -D-E- -M-I-L-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃu də mi.lɑ̃\ (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
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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.