chouf
\ʃuf\
The verdict
“chouf” is uncommon French (frequency #83,711 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,711
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vigie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chouf · chouf · French
chouf · rank #83,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,711
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chopent
Nearest frequency peer: chopent (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « chouf »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cheikhs
cheikhs
16,294 corpus weight
- chiales
chiales
16,292 corpus weight
- chopent
chopent
16,291 corpus weight
- chouf
chouf
16,290 corpus weight
- Christin
Christin
16,289 corpus weight
- cimiez
cimiez
16,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chouf » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chouf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃuf\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chouf » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chouf is uncommon French at frequency #83,711 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃuf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for chouf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 chouf, spelled C-H-O-U-F.
Definition
- 1Vigie.
- 2Quartier-maitre chef dans la Marine française.
- 3Guet, surveillance, planque.
- 4Guetteur, observateur.
- 5Voyeur, mateur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chouf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les vautours étaient en chouf dans le ciel déjà blanc quand je me mis en marche.
Selon la source proche de l'enquête, cet assassinat serait en lien avec le trafic de drogue, la victime pouvant être un «chouf», c'est-à-dire un guetteur pour les trafiquants.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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