choyer
\ʃwa.je\
The verdict
“choyer” is uncommon French (frequency #89,527 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,527
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Soigner quelqu’un avec tendresse, avec affection.
Corpus desk
Index FR-choyer · choyer · French
choyer · rank #89,527 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,527
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chouan
Nearest frequency peer: chouan (-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 « choyer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- chipotle
chipotle
10,477 corpus weight
- chiée
chiée
10,476 corpus weight
- chouan
chouan
10,475 corpus weight
- choyer
choyer
10,474 corpus weight
- chromées
chromées
10,473 corpus weight
- chromés
chromés
10,472 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « choyer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | choyer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʃwa.je\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « choyer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
choyer is uncommon French at frequency #89,527 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ʃwa.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
choyer has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is choyer, spelled C-H-O-Y-E-R.
Definition
- 1Soigner quelqu’un avec tendresse, avec affection.
- 2Avoir pour quelqu’un de grands égards, chercher à lui plaire par toute sorte de prévenances.
- 3Conserver une chose avec grand soin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how choyer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Choyé par les siens, protégé par ses aînés, il avait conquis l’assurance, l’arrogance presque de ceux qui se sentent forts.
Si tu le voyais, il est choyé comme un prince. Ils ne le nourrissent pas de regardelles, il a les lèvres et les doigts qui pèguent de sucre.
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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