chulo
\tʃu.lo\
The verdict
“chulo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toréro à pied qui excite le taureau en agitant une cape aux couleurs vives.
Corpus desk
Index FR-chulo · chulo · French
chulo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | chulo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \tʃu.lo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « chulo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
chulo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʃu.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toréro à pied qui excite le taureau en agitant une cape aux couleurs vives.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for chulo, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is chulo, spelled C-H-U-L-O.
Definition
- 1Toréro à pied qui excite le taureau en agitant une cape aux couleurs vives.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chulo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a deux classes principales de toreros : les picadors, qui combattent à cheval, armés d’une lance ; et les chulos, à pied, qui harcèlent le taureau en agitant des draperies de couleurs brillantes. Parmi ces derniers sont les banderilleros et les matadors, dont je vous parlerai bientôt.
Les chulos ont un air fort leste et fort galant avec leurs culottes courtes de satin, vertes, bleues ou roses, brodées d’argent sur toutes les coutures, leurs bas de soie couleur de chair ou blancs, leur veste historiée de dessins et de ramages, leurs ceinture serrée et leur petite montera penchée coquettement vers l’oreille ; ils portent sur le bras un m…
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.