chourin
\ʃu.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“chourin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couteau, poignard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chourin · chourin · French
chourin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | chourin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʃu.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chourin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chourin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃu.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Couteau, poignard.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chourin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is chourin, spelled C-H-O-U-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Couteau, poignard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how chourin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En Europe, ce mot ne semble se retrouver d’ailleurs, chose singulière, que dans surin ou chourin, couteau, terme d’argot en France, d’où chouriner, assassiner à coups de couteau, chourineur, assassin (Voy. les Mystères de Paris, de Sue).
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.