chouinerie
\ʃwin.ʁi\
The verdict
“chouinerie” 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) - Action de chouiner ; résultat de cette action.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chouinerie · chouinerie · French
chouinerie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | chouinerie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃwin.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
chouinerie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃwin.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de chouiner ; résultat de cette action.".
chouinerie has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 chouinerie, spelled C-H-O-U-I-N-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Action de chouiner ; résultat de cette action.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chouinerie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mardi était notre jour sacré, je n’allais pas tout bousiller pour une chouinerie de gamin. Tiens, pour un peu plus encore, j’en aurais chialé.
Quand la grosse chouinerie survient après une pause « visage rouge et crispé + odeur d’égout », oui, on comprend. Quand ça fait trois heures que bébé a mangé, oui, on devine aussi le pourquoi des grosses larmes.
Synonyms
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.