chuchotements

\ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\

/\ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“chuchotements” is uncommon French (frequency #62,858 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,858
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-chuchotements · chuchotements · French

chuchotements · rank #62,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,858
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chubby

Nearest frequency peer: chubby (-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 « chuchotements »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « chuchotements » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for chuchotements
PropertyValue
Headwordchuchotements
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#62,858
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chuchotements » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.chuchotementstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « chubby » (#62,857), « cistercienne » (#62,859), « christique » (#62,856). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « chuchotements » est au #62,858. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chuchotements is uncommon French at frequency #62,858 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de chuchotement.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chuchotements, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chuchotements, spelled C-H-U-C-H-O-T-E-M-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de chuchotement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfin, en ces temps particulièrement bruyants médiatiquement, de nombreux fans d’Arte y apprécient les silences et chuchotements, et l’absence d'émissions et de jingles criards.

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 "chuchotements"?
"chuchotements" is spelled C-H-U-C-H-O-T-E-M-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\.
What does "chuchotements" mean?
As a noun, "chuchotements" means: Pluriel de chuchotement.
How do you pronounce "chuchotements"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chuchotements" is \ʃy.ʃɔt.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list