état de choc
\e.ta də ʃɔk\
The verdict
“état de choc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cas d’un patient en apport insuffisant de sang oxygéné vers les cellules du corps.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | état de choc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.ta də ʃɔk\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “état de choc” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
état de choc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.ta də ʃɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cas d’un patient en apport insuffisant de sang oxygéné vers les cellules du corps.".
No misspelling variants are generated for état de choc in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 état de choc, spelled É-T-A-T- -D-E- -C-H-O-C.
Definition
- 1Cas d’un patient en apport insuffisant de sang oxygéné vers les cellules du corps.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “état de choc”
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- The one correct French spelling is É-T-A-T- -D-E- -C-H-O-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \e.ta də ʃɔk\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.