chou frisé

\ʃu fʁi.ze\

/\ʃu fʁi.ze\/ noun

The verdict

“chou frisé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variété de chou cultivée, consommé comme légume ou utilisé comme plante ornementale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chou-frise · chou frisé · French

chou frisé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

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

Longue queue: rang de « chou frisé » en français

chou frisésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

chou frisé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu fʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Variété de chou cultivée, consommé comme légume ou utilisé comme plante ornementale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how chou frisé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour dîner, il y a du rosbif, de la purée de pommes de terre et du chou frisé, une combinaison typiquement américaine.
  2. Sur le plan botanique, le chou fait partie de la famille des Brassicaceae , avec le brocoli, les choux de Bruxelles, le chou cavalier et le chou frisé.

Synonyms

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"?
"chou frisé" is spelled C-H-O-U- -F-R-I-S-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃu fʁi.ze\.
What does "chou frisé" mean?
As a noun, "chou frisé" means: Variété de chou cultivée, consommé comme légume ou utilisé comme plante ornementale.
How do you pronounce "chou frisé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chou frisé" is \ʃu fʁi.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chou frisé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list