chou frisé
\ʃu fʁi.ze\
The verdict
“chou frisé” 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 cultivée, consommé comme légume ou utilisé comme plante ornementale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chou frisé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu fʁi.ze\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “chou frisé” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for chou frisé is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʃu fʁi.ze\. 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 cultivée, consommé comme légume ou utilisé comme plante ornementale.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chou frisé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is chou frisé, spelled C-H-O-U- -F-R-I-S-É.
Definition
- 1Variété de chou cultivée, consommé comme légume ou utilisé comme plante ornementale.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "chou frisé"?
What does "chou frisé" mean?
How do you pronounce "chou frisé"?
What language does "chou frisé" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “chou frisé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-H-O-U- -F-R-I-S-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʃu fʁi.ze\ (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.