chuchote

\ʃy.ʃɔt\

/\ʃy.ʃɔt\/ verb

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The verdict

“chuchote” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,760
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chuchoter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chuchote · chuchote · French

chuchote · rank #36,760 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #36,760
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH ciblent

Nearest frequency peer: ciblent (+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 « chuchote »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « chuchote » 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).

chuchote vs chuchoter
89% similar

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

Key facts for chuchote
PropertyValue
Headwordchuchote
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʃy.ʃɔt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#36,760
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « chuchote »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ciblent » (#36,761), « chevaleresque » (#36,758), « cinématique » (#36,762). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chuchote » est au #36,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around chuchote (IPA \ʃy.ʃɔt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,760 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for chuchote, with forms such as "cchuchote", "chcuhote", and "chhuchote". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "chuchoter", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 chuchote, spelled C-H-U-C-H-O-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chuchoter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chuchoter.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe chuchoter.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe chuchoter.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe chuchoter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un Minimoy l’observe de longs instants à la dérobée puis, tandis que la maîtresse écrit au tableau, se penche vers lui et chuchote : « Tu ressembles à Jacques Chirac… Tu le connais ? »

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cchuchote
  • chcuhote
  • chhuchote
  • chucchote
  • chuchhote
  • chuchoet
  • chuchotte
  • chuchtoe
  • chucohte
  • chuhcote
  • cuhchote
  • hcuchote

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of chuchote - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

cchuchote1chcuhote2chhuchote1chucchote1chuchhote1chuchoet2chuchotte1chuchtoe2
Edit distance from "chuchote"

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 "chuchote"?
"chuchote" is spelled C-H-U-C-H-O-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃy.ʃɔt\.
What does "chuchote" mean?
As a verb, "chuchote" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe chuchoter.
What words are commonly confused with "chuchote"?
"chuchote" is commonly confused with "chuchoter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "chuchote"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chuchote" is \ʃy.ʃɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chuchote" come from?
"chuchote" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

capturée#36,747congeler#36,775Brétigny#36,741brouette#36,740

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

collégien12 variantscommettant12 variantscouronnés12 variantsBosphore12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list