choux

\ʃu\

/\ʃu\/ noun

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The verdict

“choux” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,540. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,540
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de chou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-choux · choux · French

choux · rank #11,540 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,540
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chemises

Nearest frequency peer: chemises (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « choux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « choux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

choux vs cou
60% similar
choux vs cox
60% similar
choux vs coup
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for choux
PropertyValue
Headwordchoux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃu\
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,540
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « choux »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).chouxse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chemises » (#11,539), « chronologie » (#11,541), « CDD » (#11,538). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « choux » est au #11,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around choux (IPA \ʃu\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,540 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de chou.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for choux, with forms such as "cchoux", "chhoux", and "chouxx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cou", "cox", "coup", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is choux, spelled C-H-O-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On laboure d’hiver pour débillonner la terre qui a porté les choux.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchoux
  • chhoux
  • chouxx
  • choxu
  • chuox
  • cohux
  • hcoux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of choux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

cchoux1chhoux1chouxx1choxu2chuox2cohux2hcoux2
Edit distance from "choux"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "choux"?
"choux" is spelled C-H-O-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃu\.
What does "choux" mean?
As a noun, "choux" means: Pluriel de chou.
What words are commonly confused with "choux"?
"choux" is commonly confused with "cou", "cox", "coup". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "choux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "choux" is \ʃu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "choux" come from?
"choux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "choux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Anjou#11,522déçus#11,572usure#11,499tomes#11,493

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

aurore7 variantsDennis7 variantsagneau7 variantsdouane7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list